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Adal Mirza
Energy, Industry & Political economy writer at MEED based in Dubai, covering Iran, Iraq, Libya and Kuwait.
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Baghdad redraws oil pipeline plans
9 February 2012, 12:33 GMT
Exports through planned Iraq-Syria pipeline take focus -
Qatar launches Laffan refinery expansion
9 February 2012, 11:13 GMT
Prequalification begins for second phase expansion scheme -
BP considers Iraq gasoline import terminal
9 February 2012, 10:42 GMT
Planned gasoline facility could be built at Khor al-Zubair Free Zone in Iraq -
Iran to start gas production from Salman field in March
9 February 2012, 9:04 GMT
Gas from Salman field to be used for Iranian domestic consumption -
Key decisions ahead for Shell Qatar petrochemicals
9 February 2012, 8:24 GMT
New $6.5bn petrochemicals complex planned at Ras Laffan -
Kuwait elections herald divided parliament
9 February 2012, 6:42 GMT
Islamists and tribal MPs dominate new National Assembly -
Weatherford drills three wells at Bazargan oil field
9 February 2012, 6:16 GMT
The contract is part of 180 well-programme in southern Iraq -
Iran tenders drilling services deal
9 February 2012, 6:08 GMT
National Iranian Drilling Company seeks well logging tools and services -
Abu Dhabi sets March deadline for Upper Zakum commercial bids
9 February 2012, 5:01 GMT
Final technical clarifications submitted for EPC-1 -
Total identifies three deep oil prospects in Qatar
9 February 2012, 0:00 GMT
French oil firm has 25 per cent stake in offshore block -
Centrotherm signs Yanbu polysilicon plant agreement
8 February 2012, 7:41 GMT
Plant to be built at Yanbu Industrial City in Saudi Arabia -
KCC bids low for Kuwait refinery maintenance
8 February 2012, 5:26 GMT
Third instrument maintenance contract for Kuwait National Petroleum Company -
Libya to post $10bn deficit in 2012
6 February 2012, 8:39 GMT
Oil production generates $4bn in revenues in past four months -
Kuwait delays submersible pump and acid gas deals
5 February 2012, 13:20 GMT
Bids pushed back to March for upstream and downstream projects -
Abu Dhabi sets tender deadlines for offshore work
5 February 2012, 10:48 GMT
Four packages tendered by Adma-Opco for Umm al-Lulu and Satah al-Rasboot fields -
Westerngeco wins Kuwait survey contract
2 February 2012, 13:06 GMT
Kuwait deal worth $184m for onshore seismic survey -
Daewoo wins Kuwait crude tanker deals
2 February 2012, 9:59 GMT
Two of three shipbuilding contracts won by South Korean firm -
Iraq proposes increased draft budget for 2012
2 February 2012, 7:52 GMT
Draft budget now at $115bn instead of the $100bn proposed in December -
Libya resumes production at El-Naga field
2 February 2012, 6:29 GMT
Field operated by Harouge Oil Operations -
Business waits on Kuwait elections
2 February 2012, 5:55 GMT
Questions raised over whether new Kuwaiti government will end political impasse -
BG Group starts Egypt offshore gas production
1 February 2012, 8:54 GMT
Phase seven of West Delta Deep Marine concession in operation under UK firm -
Fourth delay for Iraq oil auctions
31 January 2012, 11:30 GMT
Twelve Iraqi oil and gas exploration blocks open to bidding -
Kuwait delays oil field electrical works
30 January 2012, 13:15 GMT
Electrical substations and transformer projects for Kuwait Oil Company tender deadline pushed back -
An assertive Arab League
Issue 5 3-9 February 2012
Efforts to lead the agenda on Syria are made more complicated by the disparate opposition -
Zueitina Oil Company seeks drillers
26 January 2012, 10:24 GMT
Libyan joint venture oil firm seeking drilling rigs for Zella and Intisar oil fields -
Iraq approves two new oil engineering deals
26 January 2012, 8:20 GMT
Samsung Engineering and Petrofac await contract awards worth a total of $1.33bn -
Gazprom extends tender deadlines for Iraq oil processing facility
26 January 2012, 7:16 GMT
Russian firm is also seeking bids for civil works -
Abu Dhabi tenders offshore oil facilities
26 January 2012, 5:06 GMT
Contracts involve early production facilities at Umm al-Lulu and Sarb fields -
Militias seize Libyan oil town
25 January 2012, 7:56 GMT
Bani Walid seized by suspected Gaddafi loyalists -
Iraq oil export revenue up 60 per cent in 2011
24 January 2012, 10:36 GMT
Baghdad earns $83bn from oil in 2011 as production levels and prices rise -
Irbil approves Afren's Barda Rash field development
24 January 2012, 8:24 GMT
Production at the field expected to hit 125,000 b/d by 2017 -
Hungarian group drills new well in Kurdistan
23 January 2012, 13:13 GMT
Aqra-1 appraisal well tests discovery in northern Iraqi region -
Libya NTC deputy quits following protests
23 January 2012, 7:31 GMT
Protesters broke into NTC offices in Benghazi -
KCC bids low for Kuwait condensate line deal
22 January 2012, 13:25 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company replacing pipeline from northern fields -
Iraq announces new oil discovery
22 January 2012, 9:48 GMT
Al-Dima field discovered in Iraq’s Missan province -
US sanctions three firms over Iran deals
19 January 2012, 12:43 GMT
Chinese, Singapore and UAE firms affected -
UAE to tender oil concession renewal
19 January 2012, 12:34 GMT
Adco concession agreement expires in 2014 -
Former Innospec executive pleads guilty to Iraq corruption
19 January 2012, 12:22 GMT
Company director charged on counts of conspiracy to corrupt -
Abu Dhabi moves on Upper Zakum field schemes
19 January 2012, 7:13 GMT
Zadco announces offshore engineering deadlines -
Abu Dhabi's Gasco to tender new $500m gas pipeline
18 January 2012, 7:14 GMT
Gasco contract covers two 300-kilometre-long gas lines -
Iraq planning Basra fertiliser plant
17 January 2012, 12:22 GMT
Facility to be funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency -
The UK's Genel increases stake in Kurdistan
17 January 2012, 6:01 GMT
UK oil firm now has 80 per cent stake in Chia-Surkh oil block -
Petronas to continue operations in South Sudan
16 January 2012, 12:58 GMT
Sudan to hold oil auction for six new oil blocks in May -
Iran tenders new western oil pipeline
16 January 2012, 6:07 GMT
Pipeline and pumping station for western Khuzestan region -
Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz
Issue 3 20-26 January 2012
Any closure of the strategic oil transit route will hurt Iran, the Gulf and the rest of the world -
Libya ramps up oil production
Issue 3 20-26 January 2012
Post-conflict oil recovery is a challenging task and despite exceeding initial expectations, there are likely to be setbacks as Tripoli focuses on raising output to pre-war levels -
Restoring security to Libya
Issue 3 20-26 January 2012
The National Transitional Council has gained recognition internationally, but domestically it faces clashes between rival factions and militiamen unwilling to return home -
Steering an economic recovery for Libya
Issue 3 20-26 January 2012
Higher oil production and the unfreezing of assets belonging to the former regime will support Libya’s economy. For long-term growth, restoring security and clear economic policies will be crucial -
Iraq publishes oil export figures for 2009
15 January 2012, 13:44 GMT
Publication of Iraq oil figures is part of transparency drive -
King Abdullah replaces the head of the Saudi religious police
15 January 2012, 13:10 GMT
King Abdullah continues slow reform of religious police -
Basra refinery cracker tender expected in March
15 January 2012, 12:51 GMT
APS Engineering completing design work -
Baghdad to produce 3.4 million barrels a day in 2012
15 January 2012, 7:50 GMT
Exports forecast at 2.4 million barrels a day according to Oil Ministry -
Shamaran suspends work at two Kurdistan blocks
15 January 2012, 5:36 GMT
Disappointing drilling results from Pulkana-9 well -
Kuwait upstream contract awards dive in 2011
12 January 2012, 13:57 GMT
Only $2.6bn of contracts awarded compared with $11.6bn in 2010 -
Zueitina Oil Company seeks technical assistance
12 January 2012, 12:44 GMT
Libyan joint venture firm operates oil fields and export terminal -
Arab League observer resigns over Syria mission
12 January 2012, 7:21 GMT
UN official says state killings in Syria have increased -
Tripoli ends Swiss and Lebanon business freeze
12 January 2012, 7:21 GMT
Two countries were boycotted by Gaddafi regime -
Takreer extends carbon black tender deadline
12 January 2012, 4:33 GMT
Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company seeks project management consultant -
Norway's DNO and RAK Petroleum complete merger
11 January 2012, 10:53 GMT
Kurdish oil sector in midst of consolidation -
Genel Energy plans Kurdistan production increase
11 January 2012, 9:30 GMT
Tawke field reserves estimated at 509 million barrels -
Canadians release details of Kurdish operations
10 January 2012, 13:39 GMT
Canadian firm exploring and testing in northern Iraq region -
Gulf Keystone to see changes in Kurdistan oil interest
10 January 2012, 12:45 GMT
Kurdish government may exercise clause bringing in new party on licences -
Libya attempts to reintegrate fighters
10 January 2012, 12:16 GMT
Tripoli plans $8bn spend on rehabilitation -
Hormuz pipeline delay could be a blow to Chinese contractors
10 January 2012, 8:26 GMT
Delays in completing pipeline will hit reputation of firms working in the region -
Total wins Mauritania oil licences
8 January 2012, 10:14 GMT
French firm to explore for oil on onffshore and onshore blocks -
Kuwait tenders new northern field pipelines deal
5 January 2012, 11:41 GMT
Upstream operator plans to increase production in northern areas -
Saudi Arabia orders $30bn of US fighter jets
5 January 2012, 9:16 GMT
Lockheed wins $1.96bn defence deal with UAE -
Another delay for Iraq oil auction
5 January 2012, 8:48 GMT
Iraq’s fourth bid round now planned for April -
No decision from Zadco on offshore deadlines
5 January 2012, 8:35 GMT
Two packages tendered for Upper Zakum field production facilities -
A mixed year ahead for Opec
5 January 2012, 8:27 GMT
Oil price outlook for 2012 -
Kuwait complains over Iran field statements
5 January 2012, 7:04 GMT
Iran plans to develop Arash/Dorra field unilaterally -
Piling Tech wins $10m deal in Iraq
5 January 2012, 7:04 GMT
It is the UAE firm’s first contract in Iraq oil sector -
Transglobe Energy acquires Egypt concession
4 January 2012, 11:22 GMT
Transglobe takes over from Japanese firm in Gulf of Suez -
Iran tenders new rolling mill
4 January 2012, 11:12 GMT
New plant to be built in Khouzestan -
Dubai-based firm wins Iran drilling deal
3 January 2012, 12:00 GMT
Global Petro Tech will drill two wells at South Pars gas field -
Libya clarifies position on Eni contracts
2 January 2012, 11:41 GMT
Oil deals will not be reviewed says NTC -
Kuwait now China’s largest LPG supplier
29 December 2011, 11:01 GMT
Crude supplies to China drop by 23.7 per cent -
Iran signs $6bn Lavan gas field deal
29 December 2011, 7:42 GMT
Tehran removed Polish oil firm from development -
Iraq crude exports rise in November
28 December 2011, 7:50 GMT
Two month decline stopped with exports up to 2.14 million barrels a day -
KBR wins Iraq ammonia technology deal
28 December 2011, 7:50 GMT
US firm to provide ammonia technology for Iraq fertiliser plant -
Libyan production hits 1 million barrels a day
28 December 2011, 7:49 GMT
Full pre-war production by mid-2012 -
Iran drops Polish firm from gas scheme
22 December 2011, 12:58 GMT
Polish Oil & Gas Company signed deal in 2009 for Lavan gas field -
Sudan to offer six new oil blocks in 2012
22 December 2011, 6:57 GMT
Pre-auction conference for the Sudanese block planned for 15 January -
Tatneft denies Iran oil deal
22 December 2011, 6:31 GMT
Tartaristan-based oil firm says it has not agreed to develop Zagheh oil field -
Eni delays bids for Zubair production facilities
22 December 2011, 5:39 GMT
Zubair proposals now due in February 2012 -
Honghua wins $300m rig deal in Abu Dhabi
21 December 2011, 11:25 GMT
Chinese manufacturer to provide rigs for offshore islands -
Baker Hughes wins Eni drilling deal in Iraq
21 December 2011, 8:29 GMT
US firm awarded $640m contract for Zubair field -
Gulf Keystone drills fourth Kurdistan well
20 December 2011, 12:44 GMT
Shaikan-6 well in northern Iraq -
Russia signs Iranian oilfield deal
20 December 2011, 7:10 GMT
Production to begin in 2014 -
Baghdad stands alone
Issue 51 23-29 December 2011
Iraq is left divided as the US aims to pull troops out of Iraq by 31 December -
Iran bans foreign refining licences
18 December 2011, 12:41 GMT
Licence ban is in response to foreign companies failing to meet their obligations on Iranian refining projects -
UN unfreezes Libyan assets
18 December 2011, 12:41 GMT
Assets will be transported to Tripoli airport where militias and army fight for control -
Talex signs $200m lease with Kizad
18 December 2011, 9:30 GMT
Adbic and Gulf Extrusions joint venture at Taweelah -
Shell plans Qatar downstream chemicals
14 December 2011, 12:44 GMT
Alpha-olefins and oxo-alcohol units to be added to planned $6.5bn olefins complex -
Shaw wins Iraq refinery rehabilitations study
14 December 2011, 10:50 GMT
Fourth refining contract in Iraq for US engineering firm -
Iraq oil pipeline hit by bomb blasts
14 December 2011, 9:53 GMT
Southern Iraqi pipline runs from Zubair oil field to storage facility -
Petrochemicals overcapacity and profitability
14 December 2011, 4:49 GMT
Gulf producers face lower margins due to oversupplied markets -
US eases sanctions on Sudan
13 December 2011, 11:24 GMT
US firms can now invest in oil and petrochemicals in South Sudan -
Drake & Scull wins Egypt ammonium nitrate deal
13 December 2011, 11:19 GMT
Plant will produce mining grade material -
IHS to advise Qurain on Saudi petrochemicals investment
13 December 2011, 5:54 GMT
Kuwaiti firm to build $1bn polyethylene terephthalate plant in Jubail -
More European oil firms exit Syria
13 December 2011, 5:53 GMT
Gulfsands halts Syrian operations -
Contractors wait for BP Khazan Oman prequalification list
13 December 2011, 5:51 GMT
First stage of engineering for $15bn Khazzan tight gas development -
Leighton Offshore wins engineering deal in Iraq
12 December 2011, 6:41 GMT
Leighton subsidiary will design offshore platforms and pipeline -
Saudi Polymers Company to start production in early 2012
12 December 2011, 6:41 GMT
Construction at Jubail completed -
Kurdistan Regional Government proposes oil and gas fund
11 December 2011, 12:31 GMT
Revenues will be invested in fund to develop Kurdish region resources -
Kuwait delays condensate pipeline replacement
11 December 2011, 11:53 GMT
Pipeline runs from north of Kuwait to Mina al-Ahmadi refinery -
GE wins Qatar gas emissions technology contract
11 December 2011, 11:49 GMT
US firm GE will supply equipment for the upgrade of six gas turbines for Qatargas -
Qatar signs new Japan LNG deal
8 December 2011, 13:52 GMT
Qatargas-1 to supply 200,000 tonnes a year -
Saipem wins Saudi fertiliser deal
8 December 2011, 13:50 GMT
Italian firm wins $500m-plus deal for fifth urea train at Jubail -
Kuwait parliament dissolved
8 December 2011, 6:20 GMT
National assembly dissolved following appointment of new prime minister -
Iraq considers new gas capture schemes
7 December 2011, 12:46 GMT
Missan province could follow Basra gas project -
ExxonMobil seeks changes to Abu Dhabi concession
7 December 2011, 12:22 GMT
Concession in Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations expires in 2014 -
Gulfsands reviews Syria investments
7 December 2011, 12:13 GMT
UK-Dutch Shell and France’s Total have already suspended activities -
NTC attempts to deal with Tripoli militias
7 December 2011, 7:50 GMT
Armed groups given until 20 December to give up weapons -
Iraq approves $100bn draft budget for 2012
6 December 2011, 13:27 GMT
Budget will leave a projected deficit of $14.5bn -
Saudi Aramco signs offshore deal with local contractor
6 December 2011, 13:26 GMT
Local contractor will provide the oil giant with marine services for five years -
Libya establishes anti-corruption committee
5 December 2011, 12:15 GMT
Anti-corruption group will investigate oil sector deals -
Lukoil considers sulphur facilities in Iraq
Issue 49 9-15 December 2011
Russian firm in talks with engineering firms for sulphur handling and export -
Aluminium production in Middle East
Issue 49 9-15 December 2011
Gulf expected to produce 12 per cent of world’s aluminium by 2020 -
Artificial island preparations delay Upper Zakum development
Issue 49 9-15 December 2011
Commercial deadlines for Upper Zakum offshore oil production facilities likely to be delayed -
Bahrain and Iraq boost projects index
Issue 49 9-15 December 2011
Gulf projects index up 0.22 per cent as the value of schemes in Bahrain and Iraq climbs -
Shell signs new petrochemicals deal with Qatar
Issue 49 9-15 December 2011
Ras Laffan complex worth $6.5bn will develop petrochemicals primarily for Asia -
Total starts talks with Qatar Petroleum for Laffan Refinery expansion
Issue 49 9-15 December 2011
Laffan Refinery Company processes 140,000 barrels a day of condensates -
Kuwait tenders new acid gas unit and substations
4 December 2011, 13:17 GMT
State-owned upstream and downstream operators launch new deals -
Shell exits Syria following European sanctions
4 December 2011, 13:09 GMT
Oil major pulls out as EU increases sanctions -
Kuwait names new premier
4 December 2011, 11:29 GMT
Former defence minister becomes prime minister -
Lukoil considers expanding investment in Iraq oil
30 November 2011, 14:15 GMT
Russian firm interested in buying 37.5 per cent stake in West Qurna phase-1 -
Iceland recognises Palestinian state
30 November 2011, 14:13 GMT
First western European country to recognise Palestinian bid for statehood -
Iraq needs $95 oil price to balance budget
30 November 2011, 11:00 GMT
Government plans $112bn budget for 2012 -
Khartoum blocks South Sudan oil exports
29 November 2011, 14:18 GMT
Exports are transfered through Sudan’s pipelines -
Waha Oil resumes Libya production
29 November 2011, 13:57 GMT
Resumption of Libya’s crude oil production follows appointment of new chairman -
Kuwait government resigns
29 November 2011, 12:56 GMT
Political paralysis grips Gulf state once again -
Shell finally wins Iraq gas-flaring contract
28 November 2011, 13:15 GMT
$17bn deal agreed more than three years after initial signing -
Gazprom drills first well at Badra oil field
28 November 2011, 7:54 GMT
Russian firms plans Iraq production by August 2013 -
Yemen elections set for February 2012
28 November 2011, 5:05 GMT
Vice-president takes over powers from Ali Abdullah Saleh -
Abu Dhabi decides offshore field schedules
Issue 48 2-8 December 2011
Adnoc and Adma-Opco to decide offshore field bid deadlines in December -
Iraq moves to raise oil production
MEED Yearbook 2012
As Baghdad focuses on its production targets, Iraq is set to see a flurry of tenders and awards next year -
Petrofac low bidder for Badra processing facilities
Issue 48 2-8 December 2011
Field being developed by Russia’s Gazpom -
Upstream opportunities for European engineers
Issue 48 2-8 December 2011
About $63bn-worth of investment planned for oil and gas production -
Kuwait plans pilot solar schemes
24 November 2011, 7:30 GMT
Solar power and steam to be used in Kuwaiti enhanced oil recovery -
Saleh leaves Yemen under peace deal
23 November 2011, 10:59 GMT
President arrives in Riyadh to sign power transfer agreement -
Kuwait seeks arrest of 47 protesters
23 November 2011, 10:22 GMT
Members of parliament involved in storming National Assembly on 16 November -
Iraq's October oil exports at lowest level in 2011
23 November 2011, 9:33 GMT
Iraq revenues still up on September as a result of higher oil prices -
Nexen announces Yemen Block 14 withdrawal
23 November 2011, 9:27 GMT
Canadian company will be replaced by state-owned firm -
Former intelligence chief captured in Libya
21 November 2011, 9:08 GMT
Abdullah al-Senussi’s arrest follows Saif al-Islam Gaddafi -
Yemen plans new state oil company
21 November 2011, 6:38 GMT
New firm will replace Canada’s Nexen at Masila block -
Irbil’s challenge to federal Iraq
Issue 47 25 November-1 December 2011
The centralisation of oil contracts by Baghdad is being tested by ExxonMobil’s decision to deal with Irbil -
Kirkuk refinery tenders to be launched in 2012
Issue 47 25 November-1 December 2011
Iraq planning at least four new refineries -
Libya’s NTC appoints interim cabinet
Issue 47 25 November-1 December 2011
Abdulrraim bin Yezza named as Oil Minister -
Lack of crude stops production at Yemen's Aden oil refinery
20 November 2011, 12:55 GMT
Yemen’s largest refinery forced to shut down -
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi arrested in Libya
20 November 2011, 12:54 GMT
Deposed leader’s son captured in southern desert -
Protesters storm Kuwait parliament
17 November 2011, 13:47 GMT
Clashes with police as demonstrators demand resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser -
Iraq cabinet approves Shell gas-flaring deal
16 November 2011, 11:10 GMT
Basra Gas Company joint venture to be formed -
Taqa agrees UK assets purchase
15 November 2011, 13:23 GMT
Abu Dhabi firm to buy North Sea assets for $54.8m from UK-based Premier Oil -
Kuwait oil output passes 3 million barrels
15 November 2011, 11:42 GMT
State producing well in excess of Opec quota -
Libya forecasts oil supplies at 1.3 million barrels by 2012
15 November 2011, 11:41 GMT
Exports to hit 800,000 barrels a day by end of 2011 -
Danagas commissions northern Iraq LPG plant
15 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
Gas feedstock being supplied to Irbil and Suleimaniyah power stations -
Enhanced recovery to account for more than third of Oman production
Issue 46 18-24 November 2011
Tertiary techniques to represent more 36 per cent of production by 2018 -
ExxonMobil risks all on Kurdish oil deals
Issue 46 18-24 November 2011
Oil major’s move has puzzled observers and angered many in Baghdad -
Kuwait awards $234m in October upstream deals
Issue 46 18-24 November 2011
Pipeline and electrical substation project contracts signed -
Lukoil tenders pipeline and storage studies
Issue 46 18-24 November 2011
Pipeline will run from Tuba to Al-Fao oil terminal in the south of Iraq -
Kurdish region agrees to increase oil exports
14 November 2011, 11:28 GMT
Kurdish Regional Government to export 175,000 barrels a day in 2012 -
Gasco awards Alsa nitrogen deal
13 November 2011, 13:08 GMT
Local contractor wins $35-40m pipeline contract -
Egypt-Israel gas pipeline damaged in bomb blast
10 November 2011, 13:47 GMT
Pipeline in northern Sinai attacked again -
Further delays for Ruwais expansion plans
Issue 45 11-17 November 2011
Coker, carbon black and hydrogen units delayed by another month -
Kuwait to award crude tanker deals by end of December
Issue 45 11-17 November 2011
State plans to expand fleet to 34 vessels by 2020 -
Tehran tenders two oil field construction tenders
Issue 45 11-17 November 2011
Bids invited for Iran’s Band-e Karkheh and Yadavaran oil fields -
Opec production rises due to Libyan increases
8 November 2011, 13:03 GMT
Libyan oil production rises 300 per cent in October -
Gulf Keystone updates Shaikan reserves estimates
8 November 2011, 13:02 GMT
More than 8 billion barrels of oil in place -
Iraq’s North Oil Company opposes Kirkuk refinery
3 November 2011, 9:58 GMT
Oil Ministry seeking designs for 150,000 barrel a day refinery -
Kuwait evaluating partners for third olefins cracker
2 November 2011, 11:56 GMT
Kuwait considering adding new petrochemical products to its portfolio -
Kuwait studying permanent LNG imports
2 November 2011, 6:30 GMT
Supply contracts run to 2014 -
Kuwait oil production capacity at new high
1 November 2011, 12:56 GMT
Gulf state producing at 2.9 million barrels a day -
Kuwait to reveal refinery plans in 2011
1 November 2011, 10:20 GMT
Two refining megaprojects approved -
Kuwait government revenues up 40 per cent
1 November 2011, 6:38 GMT
Government spending at only 26 per cent of budget -
Hyperion wins Borouge 3 IT design deal
1 November 2011, 5:31 GMT
IT contract is part of third-phase expansion at Ruwais -
Kuwait tenders northern oil distribution network
31 October 2011, 8:27 GMT
Contract involves electrical submersible pump network -
Iraq considers $100bn-plus budget for 2012
30 October 2011, 13:01 GMT
Significant increase on $82.6bn budget in 2011 -
Descon wins Habshan acid gas deal
Issue 44 4-10 November 2011
Pakistani firm wins fourth contract this year in Abu Dhabi -
Gazprom issues new Iraq tenders
Issue 44 4-10 November 2011
Russian firm developing Badra field in Wasit province -
Kuwait plans $40bn spending on refining projects to 2030
Issue 44 4-10 November 2011
Project set for Kuwait investment include two delayed megaprojects -
Lukoil set to award Iraq deals in November
Issue 44 4-10 November 2011
Three of four schemes under bid for West Qurna-2 oil field -
Takreer delays carbon black plant by another month
Issue 44 4-10 November 2011
Commercial deadlines for the carbon black plant set for February 2012 -
Iraq September exports dip on Kurdish dispute
24 October 2011, 7:39 GMT
Receipts also hit by reduced production at Rumaila -
Iraq's oil revenues still strong despite dip
Issue 43 28 October-3 November 2011
Baghdad has raked in over $10bn more so far in 2011 than the whole of 2010 -
Iraq starts work on common seawater supply facility
Issue 41 14-20 October 2011
First Iraq contract signed and tenders for critical reinjection scheme launched -
Axens wins Iraq refinery technology deal
9 October 2011, 8:23 GMT
French firm wins third contract in Iraq in 2011 -
Bids in for Gazprom production facilities in Iraq
6 October 2011, 0:00 GMT
New tenders released by Russian-led consortium developing Badra gas field -
Iraq cabinet approves Leighton oil export contract
5 October 2011, 10:00 GMT
Offshore pipeline contract worth $518m -
Heritage Oil gains access to Libya
5 October 2011, 9:52 GMT
UK firm acquires 51 per cent stake in Libya oil company -
Baghdad’s oil refining challenge
Issue 40 7-13 October 2011
Iraq has outlined ambitious plans to overhaul its oil sector to raise production, but upgrading its refining capabilities is moving ahead slower than anticipated -
Dodsal Iraq pipeline deal finalised
Issue 40 7-13 October 2011
Majnoon field bids were submitted in February 2011 -
Gulf nurtures its downstream sector
Issue 40 7-13 October 2011
In response to a rapid increase in local demand for refined oil products, the Middle East is investing billions of dollars into building and expanding refineries -
Kuwait to tender $700m sulphur facility before end of 2011
Issue 40 7-13 October 2011
At least 16 firms attend pre-bid meeting for facility at Mina al-Ahmadi refinery -
Iraq amends fourth licensing round contracts
2 October 2011, 12:41 GMT
Iraq oil and gas exploration auction planned for January 2012 -
High winds cuts Iraq oil exports
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Basra’s offshore oil exports halted by bad weather -
Western Zagros approved for Kurdistan production
28 September 2011, 15:12 GMT
First oil at Sarqala-1 discovery -
Yemen oil pipeline hit in new blast
28 September 2011, 10:35 GMT
Flows reduced by 35,000 barrels a day -
Iraq approves Akkas gas contract
28 September 2011, 10:33 GMT
Deal with South Korea’s Kogas approved by cabinet -
New land rig insurance for Iraq
27 September 2011, 10:53 GMT
Marsh and Arab Anglo Insurance Brokers launch insurance facility -
Iraq delays offshore oil export award
Issue 39 30 September-6 October 2011
Australia’s Leighton Offshore set to win $550m contract -
Kuwait seeks interest in sulphur handling facility
Issue 39 30 September-6 October 2011
State firm plans estimated $700m sulphur handling plant at Mina al-Ahmadi refinery -
Kuwait upstream contract awards fall in 2011
Issue 39 30 September-6 October 2011
Only $2bn of contracts awarded so far this year -
Iraq oil pipelines facing delays
26 September 2011, 13:57 GMT
Lukoil retenders West Qurna-2 pipeline and Dodsal waits for Shell deal -
Kuwait seeks project manager for new refinery project
25 September 2011, 13:26 GMT
First sign of movement on $15bn New Refinery Project -
Iraq oil production reaches highest level since US invasion
25 September 2011, 9:18 GMT
Oil revenues for first nine months of 2011 already surpass 2010 receipts -
Rumaila oil production resumes
22 September 2011, 13:02 GMT
Rumaila crude oil production disrupted by gas compression unit fire -
EU imposes Syria oil investment ban
22 September 2011, 12:50 GMT
News sanctions to prevent investment in oil sector -
Opec countries plan $312bn in investments until 2015
22 September 2011, 7:41 GMT
Oil producers group sees Libyan production at 1 million barrels a day within six months -
DNO receives second oil payment from Kurdish region
21 September 2011, 13:28 GMT
Second payment of $60m for exports from Tawke oil field -
Fire breaks out at Rumaila oilfield
21 September 2011, 7:46 GMT
Production could be affected as a result of gas compression unit fire -
Kurdistan Regional Government begins publishing oil contracts
21 September 2011, 7:46 GMT
Regional government has signed 42 production sharing contracts since 2007 -
Gulf Keystone raises $200m for Kurdistan blocks
20 September 2011, 11:10 GMT
New pipeline and production faculties planned -
Petrofac and Chinese firm form joint venture
20 September 2011, 8:53 GMT
New venture will be based in Sharjah -
Iraq plans to boost 2012 spending
20 September 2011, 7:41 GMT
Baghdad outlines $111bn spending plan -
Iran seeks compensation from Statoil over Khorrambad block
20 September 2011, 7:40 GMT
Norwegian oil firm decided not to pursue exploration -
Pakistan seeks increased Iranian gas imports
18 September 2011, 13:25 GMT
Pipeline deal could come under US sanctions on Iranian energy sector -
France's Axens wins Iraq refining deal
18 September 2011, 13:06 GMT
French firm to supply basic design and technology licence for Missan Refinery -
Fuel smuggling costs Kuwait $890m a year
15 September 2011, 6:31 GMT
Smuggling of subsidised fuel has been investigated by parliamentary committees -
Iraq plans to increase Kirkuk field production
13 September 2011, 11:42 GMT
State-owned North Oil Company targets more than 500,000 barrels a day by 2016 -
Kuwait boosts oil production to 2.9 million barrels a day
13 September 2011, 10:59 GMT
Kuwait output up 100,000 barrels from August -
Bids in for Zubair brownfield deal
Issue 37 16-22 September 2011
Italy’s Eni leads consortium developing 4-billion-barrel field -
Iraq adds six firms to oil exploration round
Issue 37 16-22 September 2011
About 46 firms prequalified for January auction -
Iraq changes contracts for fourth oil round
Issue 37 16-22 September 2011
Remuneration fees to be paid after costs deduction -
Kurdish region halts oil exports
Issue 37 16-22 September 2011
Suspension due to production problems not politics -
Imco approved for Kuwait substations deal
7 September 2011, 10:15 GMT
Four 132/11kV substations for Kuwait Oil Company -
Kurds reject draft Iraq oil law
6 September 2011, 9:54 GMT
Iraq’s proposed law will govern oil and gas sector -
CCC approved for Kuwait pipelines deal
Issue 36 9-15 September 2011
$71.5m contract signed for oil pipelines -
Further delays expected for West Qurna-2 deals
Issue 36 9-15 September 2011
Samsung Engineering frontrunner to win one of four West Qurna-2 contracts -
Kuwait pumps highest amount of oil since global economic downturn
5 September 2011, 13:29 GMT
August oil production peaked at more than 2.8 million barrels a day -
EU bans oil imports from Syria
4 September 2011, 14:05 GMT
European Union accounts for 95 per cent of Syria’s oil exports -
Baghdad excludes Hess from fourth oil round
4 September 2011, 12:06 GMT
US Firm was previously qualified to bid in January auction -
Output for Norway's DNO dips in Iraq and Yemen
4 September 2011, 12:06 GMT
Norweigian firm saw production drop 3.2 per cent -
No more Kuwait LNG imports expected in 2011
Issue 35 2-8 September 2011
Higher oil production has provided ample gas to meet demand this year -
Iraq cabinet approves new draft oil law
29 August 2011, 10:04 GMT
Original hydrocarbons law was proposed in 2007 -
Yemen oil pipeline bombed again
28 August 2011, 12:22 GMT
Third attack on export pipeline -
Maersk Oil buys into Kurdistan licence
28 August 2011, 9:24 GMT
Danish firm acquires 20 per cent of HKN Energy -
Al-Suwaidi wins three Saudi deals
25 August 2011, 12:25 GMT
Contracts with Sabic and Saudi Aramco -
Egypt's Citadel Capital signs Iraq refinery deal
25 August 2011, 12:24 GMT
Refinery to be built at Mosul -
More delays to Shell's Iraq gas deal
23 August 2011, 11:22 GMT
Energy Commission will meet on 29 August to discuss deal -
New dates for Iraq’s fourth oil road show
23 August 2011, 6:15 GMT
Exploration block auction planned for January 2012 -
GS approved for Kuwait water injection deal
Issue 34 26 August-1 September 2011
Korean firm awaiting letter of award -
Iraq earns $7.3bn in July exports
Issue 34 26 August-1 September 2011
Oil Ministry expects 2011 oil revenues to hit $80bn -
Kuwait Oil Ministry orders probe into Shell deal
Issue 34 26 August-1 September 2011
Committee investigating Jurassic gas deal -
Technip wins Qatar refinery deal
21 August 2011, 7:02 GMT
Qatar planning to double capacity of condensate refinery -
Fluor wins Saudi polymers contract
17 August 2011, 12:40 GMT
Super absorbant polymer plant to be built at Jubail -
Spanish firm is frontrunner for Kuwait soil remediation deals
17 August 2011, 10:43 GMT
Hera submits lowest bid, at $151m, for oilfield clean-up works -
Al-Assad passes point of no return
Issue 33 19-25 August 2011
Regional and international isolation means the Syrian regime is running out of options -
Firms continue Upper Zakum technical clarifications
Issue 33 19-25 August 2011
August commercial bid deadline is likely to be delayed -
Iran is struggling to halt oil output declines
Issue 33 19-25 August 2011
With international sanctions denying access to much-needed foreign investment and technology, Iran is struggling to stem the natural decline at its ageing oil fields -
Q&A: Omar Barzanji, Chief executive officer, Technology Partners
Issue 33 19-25 August 2011
The oil and oil services companies are really embracing this new architecture of managing operations -
Technology Partners
Issue 33 19-25 August 2011
The Dubai-based firm is working to revamp Iraq’s oil sector IT infrastructure -
Technology Partners: MEED Assessment
Issue 33 19-25 August 2011
With the company already well established in Iraq and with a portfolio of completed projects, TP will be looked upon as an obvious technology partner -
Unconventional resources dampen demand for Gulf oil
Issue 33 19-25 August 2011
New technology has major implications for the region’s producers -
Enersul wins Abu Dhabi sulphur technology contracts
14 August 2011, 12:06 GMT
Sulphur will be extracted from natural gas production -
Kuwait awards major oil services deals
14 August 2011, 12:05 GMT
Two contracts worth a combined total of $348m -
Lukoil awards Iraq contract to Baker Hughes
9 August 2011, 11:17 GMT
Drilling contract for 23 wells at West Qurna-2 field won by US firm -
Larsen & Toubro wins two Abu Dhabi oil contracts
9 August 2011, 7:48 GMT
Offshore Umm Lulu and Nasr fields plus Habshan to Ruwais pipeline -
Heritage drills Iraq appraisal well
8 August 2011, 11:48 GMT
UK firm spuds well at Miran gas field -
Gazprom prequalifying firms for Iraq oil field
Issue 32 12-18 August 2011
Four shortlisted for central processing facility at Badra oil field -
Iraq qualifies 41 firms for fourth licensing round
Issue 32 12-18 August 2011
Twelve exploration blocks up for auction -
Iraq's gas flaring woes
Issue 32 12-18 August 2011
Parliamentary hearings on controversial gas capture deal -
Samsung bids low for Habshan nitrogen scheme
Issue 32 12-18 August 2011
Injection facility to maintain pressure at gas field -
Shell signs Iraq refining technology deal
7 August 2011, 11:13 GMT
Oil firm will provide sulphur recovery and visbreaker technology -
China moves ahead with Azadegan oil development
7 August 2011, 10:02 GMT
Engineering awards expected at delayed Iranian field despite sanctions -
Foreign activities in Iran oil down on 2010
4 August 2011, 13:30 GMT
Report by US government indicates drop in investment to 16 firms -
Iran receives first delayed oil payment from India
4 August 2011, 11:54 GMT
India owes more than $5bn to Iran -
Iran names new oil minister
4 August 2011, 10:55 GMT
Revolutionary Guard commander confirmed by parliament -
Iraq makes more oil payments
2 August 2011, 9:23 GMT
South Korea’s Kogas and US’ Occidental receive 1 million barrels -
Security concerns for Iraq's oil infrastructure
Issue 31 5-11 August 2011
As US troops prepare to withdraw, Iraq’s insurgents plan to hit critical infrastructure -
Iran and India agree oil payment deal
1 August 2011, 10:41 GMT
$5bn owed in crude oil payments -
Repsol agrees Kurdistan oil deal
1 August 2011, 10:41 GMT
Spanish firm signs for Piramagrun and Qala Dze blocks -
Shamaran enters production sharing deal in Iraq
31 July 2011, 13:27 GMT
The Canadian firm will produce crude from the Taza Block in Kurdish region -
Kurdistan signs two more oil production deals
28 July 2011, 11:58 GMT
Joint venture of US’ Hess and Ireland’s Petroceltic agree production sharing contracts -
Iran signs gas deal with Iraq and Syria
27 July 2011, 13:17 GMT
Deal boosts Iran’s export ambitions -
Iraq signs agreement for Karbala refinery
27 July 2011, 13:16 GMT
Planned refinery will have a daily capacity of 200,000 barrels -
Sonoro evaluates heavy oil prospects in Iraq
26 July 2011, 13:18 GMT
More than 1.2 billion barrels identified at Salah al-Din prospect -
Eni extends deadline for Zubair field refurbishment
Issue 30 29 July-4 August
Revamp of existing production facilities planned -
Iran starts construction of fertiliser plant
Issue 30 29 July-4 August
Ammonia and urea fertiliser plant at Masjed-e Soleiman -
Kogas to receive first oil from Iraq in July
24 July 2011, 11:56 GMT
Partners developing Zubair field to receive 1 million barrels -
Kuwait delays soil remediation deals to August
24 July 2011, 11:14 GMT
$200m clean-up for oil lakes -
Kuwait seeks upstream consultants
24 July 2011, 11:14 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company sets 18 September deadline for technical consultancy deal -
Iraq earns $7.2bn from June oil exports
24 July 2011, 7:31 GMT
Revenues for 2011 now more than $41bn -
Kuwait approves refining services deal
21 July 2011, 6:53 GMT
The local KCC Engineering & Contracting Company submitted the lowest bid in May -
Iran warns India over crude oil payments
21 July 2011, 6:51 GMT
India owes Iran $5bn -
Iran to start drilling at South Pars Phase 14
20 July 2011, 11:34 GMT
Delayed scheme was due to begin in May -
Yemen oil production coming back online
19 July 2011, 13:32 GMT
Occidental and OMV resuming output -
Kuwait signs $100m in oil consultancy deals
18 July 2011, 13:43 GMT
Contracts signed for pilot schemes and project consultancy -
Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline ready for 2013
18 July 2011, 9:22 GMT
Pipeline was first discussed in 1994 -
Iran plans new gas liquids scheme
Issue 29 22-28 July 2011
Tehran plans to launch tenders for the construction of natural gas liquids plant in south-western Khuzestan province -
Leighton and Saipem expected to win Iraq offshore deals
Issue 29 22-28 July 2011
Pipelines and platform to be built at Basra -
Lukoil opens West Qurna-2 bids
Issue 29 22-28 July 2011
Commercial proposals in for the construction of central processing facilities -
Political paralysis continues in Kuwait
Issue 29 22-28 July 2011
Reformers in Kuwait are seeking to make changes within the political system to tackle the country’s current crisis and redraw traditional boundaries -
Penspen wins Al-Khafji project management deal
17 July 2011, 13:25 GMT
Five-year project management contract renewed -
Iraq oil committee submits amended bill to ministers
17 July 2011, 13:24 GMT
Long delayed legislation for oil sector requires approval -
Syria launches oil shale round
Issue 28 15-21 July 2011
International contractors invited to bid by 30 November deadline for 14 blocks -
Yemen oil production cut by more than a half
Issue 28 15-21 July 2011
Concern grows over Yemen concessions -
Turkish firm wins Iraq Majnoon deal
11 July 2011, 9:52 GMT
Contract involves installation and operation of early production facilities -
Kuwait studies two new downstream schemes
6 July 2011, 13:29 GMT
State planning $1.15bn gas processing facility and a $700m sulphur handling plant -
Yemen’s Marib pipeline attacked again
6 July 2011, 8:54 GMT
Pipeline has been empty following earlier attack in March -
Maersk halts Iran shipping operations
5 July 2011, 13:58 GMT
Ports of Bandar Abbas, Bandar Khomeini and Assaluyeh affected -
Canadian firm signs $1.2bn Iraq power deal
5 July 2011, 13:57 GMT
Ten power plants to be constructed in Anbar and Salah al-Din provinces -
Petrofac wins Iraq maintenance contract
4 July 2011, 11:42 GMT
Contract for $90m covers Rumaila oil field operation and maintenance -
Mott MacDonald wins Arbeel power plant conversion contract
4 July 2011, 9:42 GMT
The UK firm will oversee the conceptual engineering and design for Iraq’s first combined-cycle plant -
Kuwait invites interest in oil testing facilities
4 July 2011, 6:39 GMT
State sets deadline of 4 September for the submission of prequalification documents -
Iran relaunches third gas storage scheme
Issue 27 8-14 July 2011
Underground facility to be built at Nasrabad-Kashan -
Iraq assumes control of oil revenues
Issue 27 8-14 July 2011
Iraq’s Committee of Financial Experts to exercise authority on funds -
Iraq parliament seeks oil deal moratorium
Issue 27 8-14 July 2011
Oil & Energy Committee wants to see oil legislation passed first -
Kuwait approves refining schemes but problems remain
Issue 27 8-14 July 2011
Supreme Petroleum Council finally approved projects in late June -
Nasrallah rejects Hariri indictments
3 July 2011, 10:01 GMT
UN-backed tribunal dismissed as biased by Hezbollah leader -
Hermes Datacomms renews BP contract in Iraq
3 July 2011, 6:55 GMT
UK firm provides communications support -
Mott MacDonald wins Iraq South Gas Company deal
28 June 2011, 9:59 GMT
Power plant at Khor al-Zubair gas facilities -
ExxonMobil clarifies tenders for Iraq seawater facility
28 June 2011, 9:48 GMT
Giant plant to process seawater for injection into oilfields -
CNPC completes phase 1 of Iraq oil field development
27 June 2011, 12:16 GMT
Al-Ahdab was first oil field contract signed after fall of Saddam Hussein -
Iraq oil sector transparency to be monitored
27 June 2011, 12:16 GMT
Oil exports account for almost all government revenues -
Baghdad demands compensation from Kurdistan Regional Government
27 June 2011, 11:52 GMT
Federal government threatens to cut Kurdish budget allocation -
Subba and Luhais development to be completed in 2011
27 June 2011, 11:42 GMT
Petrel also bidding in fourth oil round -
Expansion challenge faltering for Iraq's upstream oil projects
Issue 26 1-7 July 2011
Baghdad’s aim to boost its oil output by running 11 major upsteam oil projects at the same time may have overstretched its already strained resources -
Iran plans 128 new wells for central fields
Issue 26 1-7 July 2011
Development requires 29 drilling rigs for 2012 -
Kuwait approves refining megaprojects
Issue 26 1-7 July 2011
Supreme Petroleum Council gives green light for two refining deals -
Iraq earns $7.5bn in May as crude exports rise
23 June 2011, 13:30 GMT
Oil exports increase 7.5 per cent in the month -
Kuwait premier survives votes for resignation
23 June 2011, 13:30 GMT
Opposition MPs plan further questioning sessions -
Kuwait body to meet in June for refinery approval
23 June 2011, 6:18 GMT
Supreme Petroleum Council must approve deals before tendering -
Kuwait plans three new crude oil gathering centres
22 June 2011, 12:40 GMT
Tenders worth $1.5bn to be launched in 2012 -
Schlumberger wins Iraq Badra drilling deal
21 June 2011, 10:01 GMT
Second drilling deal for US firm in Iraq -
Kuwait awards $144m in oil deals in June
20 June 2011, 13:22 GMT
Total of $1.25bn-worth of contracts awarded in 2011 to date -
Iraq oil committee seeks to delay fourth oil round auction
20 June 2011, 9:31 GMT
Auction of exploration blocks planned for January 2012 -
BP plans $15bn investment in Oman gas
Issue 25 24-30 June 2011
Block 61 concession could boost Oman’s gas production by a third -
Iran pumps more crude but energy sector still faces challenges
Issue 25 24-30 June 2011
BP statistical review of world energy highlights increase production -
Yemen LNG injecting oil to maintain gas production rates
Issue 25 24-30 June 2011
March attack on Marib pipeline has dented Yemen’s oil revenues -
Iran warns Chinese to speed up South Pars development
19 June 2011, 12:52 GMT
China National Petroleum Corporation signed $5bn deal for South Pars in February 2010 -
Iran plans to boost rig count by 2013
16 June 2011, 13:57 GMT
Rig numbers to increase to 61 from 49 -
Dodsal wins first contract in Iraq
15 June 2011, 13:56 GMT
Indian firm will build crude export pipeline from Majnoon field to Fao port on the Gulf coast -
Norwegians raise Kurdish field reserves estimate
15 June 2011, 12:39 GMT
Field estimated to hold 500 million barrels -
Iraq to import Iranian gas by 2012
15 June 2011, 11:27 GMT
Gas to feed power stations in the country -
Baghdad cuts oil ambitions
9 June 2011, 16:01 GMT
Production capacity target now 8 million barrels a day -
Politics stall projects in Kuwait
9 June 2011, 0:13 GMT
Kuwait’s plans to diversify its economy require increased oil revenues, but political deadlock is preventing crucial projects from moving ahead -
Hope erased in Libya
9 June 2011, 0:05 GMT
At the end of 2010, growth in the North African country seemed certain. Now embroiled in civil war, Libya’s economy is expected to suffer from trade sanctions and a sharp fall in its oil production -
Iran plans two new fields for early 2012
8 June 2011, 13:42 GMT
Sarvestan and Saadat Abad oil fields to come on stream -
Iran tenders South Pars drilling deals
8 June 2011, 6:28 GMT
Horizontal and directional drilling planned for gas field -
Austria's OMV strikes oil in Iraqi Kurdistan
7 June 2011, 9:20 GMT
Oil discovered Bina Rawi-3 exploration well -
Iraq oil storage depot bombed
7 June 2011, 9:20 GMT
Depot at Zubair field set on fire -
Kuwait extends soil remediation deadline
7 June 2011, 9:20 GMT
Deals are precursors to larger oil lake clean-up tender -
Iraq opens bids for third offshore deal
Issue 23 10-16 June 2011
Italy’s Saipem frontrunner for second pipeline deal -
Lukoil to open West Qurna-2 bids in June
Issue 23 10-16 June 2011
Bids submitted in March for central production facility -
Honeywell wins Iraq refining deal
2 June 2011, 11:41 GMT
US firm will upgrade control systems at Baiji Refinery -
Iraq sets final deadline for Shell gas deal
1 June 2011, 14:22 GMT
Deal to capture flared gas first signed in 2008 -
Western Zagros hits oil in Kurdistan region
1 June 2011, 7:41 GMT
Sarqala-1 exploration well in Kurdish region of northern Iraq discovers light oil -
Total acquires stake in Qatar exploration block
31 May 2011, 6:18 GMT
French oil major takes 25 per cent stake with CNOOC -
Iran awards Yadavaran engineering deals
30 May 2011, 11:47 GMT
Stalled oil field development finally gets moving -
CNPC ships first oil cargo from Iraq
30 May 2011, 9:33 GMT
Chinese state oil firm loads crude from Rumaila field -
Analysts raise 2011 oil price forecasts
Issue 22 3-9 June 2011
$130 a barrel forecast for 2011 -
Basra cracker tender expected in 2012
Issue 22 3-9 June 2011
APS Engineering and Axens providing design and technology licence for the scheme -
Iran-China joint venture wins Marjan methanol deal
Issue 22 3-9 June 2011
Still no major construction after two months -
Kuwaiti demonstration calls for prime minister’s resignation
29 May 2011, 13:18 GMT
Further protests planned for 3 June -
Iraq signs EU gas deal
29 May 2011, 10:12 GMT
Joint declaration on future gas supplies from Iraq to Europe -
Kogas to develop Iraq Akkas gas field alone
29 May 2011, 10:12 GMT
Kazakhstan consortium partner pulled out of project on 11 May -
Hanwha signs $7.25bn Iraq building deal
29 May 2011, 6:39 GMT
New town to be built near Baghdad -
US firm wins Iraq refining technology deal
26 May 2011, 13:15 GMT
UOP will supply technology for planned Nassiriya refinery -
US imposes sanctions on seven firms over Iran oil deals
25 May 2011, 12:55 GMT
Powers to enforce sanctions enhanced -
Kuwait plans major telemetry and electrical deals
25 May 2011, 12:11 GMT
Two schemes could be tendered before September -
Blast at Abadan refinery during Ahmadinjead visit
25 May 2011, 6:33 GMT
President inaugurated the new facility anyway -
Bids in for Iraq Zubair field pipeline
24 May 2011, 13:49 GMT
Zubair $150m gas pipeline will connect oil field to Gulf coast export terminal -
Gulf Keystone prepares Kurdistan oil exports
24 May 2011, 10:51 GMT
UK-based firm to export from Shaikan facility -
Bahrain stalls Iran gas deal
24 May 2011, 8:30 GMT
Gas import deal on hold due to political interference from Tehran -
Iraq earns $7.3bn in April crude exports
24 May 2011, 8:29 GMT
Average oil prices for the month at $114 a barrel -
Battle for the soul of the Iranian revolution
Issue 21 20-26 May 2011
The rift between the Iranian president and the Supreme Leader is deepening -
Iran finds light crude oil at Khayyam gas field
22 May 2011, 11:42 GMT
Field could produce 35,000 barrels a day -
Iraq makes first crude payment to oil firm
19 May 2011, 11:19 GMT
The UK’s BP loads its $200m crude from Rumaila field -
Local contractor bids low for Kuwait refining services
18 May 2011, 11:37 GMT
Ten local firms bid for project services deal -
Mott MacDonald moves to Iraq Energy City
18 May 2011, 8:47 GMT
UK-Dutch Shell Group already plans to use operations base near Basra -
Ahmadinejad takes on Oil Ministry caretaker role
17 May 2011, 14:13 GMT
Oil minister dismissed as ministry is merged -
Iraq parliament looks to delay fourth oil round
17 May 2011, 13:04 GMT
Oil law needed before auction can be held -
Iran commissions first gas storage facility
17 May 2011, 13:01 GMT
Scheme is critical to Iran’s energy security -
Chinese firm wins Iraq Halfaya engineering deal
Issue 20 20-26 May 2011
Seven contractors were invited to bid for development of first phase -
Kuwait in talks for Wara water-injection deal
Issue 20 20-26 May 2011
Canada’s SNC Lavalin submitted the low bid in April -
Kuwait state refiner to tender fifth gas train worth $900m in early 2012
Issue 20 20-26 May 2011
The UK’s Amec is to carry out design work -
Lukoil appoints two law firms for Iraq West Qurna-2 field
16 May 2011, 13:30 GMT
Clyde & Co and Clifford Chance to advise on development -
Iran dismisses three ministers
15 May 2011, 14:06 GMT
Oil minister removed as ministries are merged -
Petronor signed for Iraq Energy City
15 May 2011, 12:16 GMT
Offices and accommodation to be built for contractors in southern oil fields -
DNO to receive $110m in Iraq oil payment
15 May 2011, 8:18 GMT
Norwegian firm is developing the Tawke field in Kurdistan region -
Kazak oil firm exits Iraq oil talks
15 May 2011, 8:17 GMT
Kazmunaigas had been awarded Akkas field in western Iraq -
Iraq falls behind on oil metering goals
15 May 2011, 6:15 GMT
Baghdad is preparing to take sovereignty of its finances -
High oil prices and subsidy cuts boost Iran budget
12 May 2011, 12:05 GMT
Tehran increases 2011 budget by 31 per cent -
Kuwait appoints new oil minister
11 May 2011, 12:57 GMT
Mohammad al-Baseeri takes over oil portfolio in new Kuwaiti cabinet -
Iran agrees copper smelting deal with Outotec
11 May 2011, 9:31 GMT
The $87.5m deal covers technology supply and supervision -
SNC Lavalin wins Iraq pipelines management deal
Issue 19 13-19 May 2011
Baghdad plans extensive oil pipeline revamp and expansion -
Feedstock issues hamper investment for Kuwait's petrochemicals industry
Issue 19 13-19 May 2011
If Kuwait’s gas supply issues can be resolved, there is an optimistic outlook for the country’s petrochemicals sector, but ambitious expansion is unlikely in the near future -
Kuwait close to approving refinery projects
Issue 19 13-19 May 2011
Fourth refinery to be launched before Clean Fuels project -
Palestinian unity faces tough road
Issue 19 13-19 May 2011
The prospect of unity has given many hope, but sensitive issues still need to be ironed out -
Rising oil prices cloud outlook for the Gulf
Issue 19 13-19 May 2011
The Gulf’s petrochemicals manufacturers have had a good start to the year, reporting increased first-quarter profits, but high oil prices could hit the fragile recovery -
Iraq makes first oil payment to Kurdistan
8 May 2011, 11:27 GMT
Iraq’s Finance Ministry transfers $243m to Kurdistan regional government -
Palestinian factions sign reconciliation agreement
5 May 2011, 13:09 GMT
Hamas and Fatah sign accord in Cairo -
Imco bids low for north Kuwait substations
4 May 2011, 9:20 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company plans new substations at northern Burgan-Ahmadi area -
Revolutionary Guard-linked firm wins Iran gas deals
2 May 2011, 6:07 GMT
Halgan and Sefid Baghoon fields to be developed -
Death of Al-Qaeda's ideology
Issue 18 6-12 May 2011
The killing of Osama bin Laden accelerates the demise of the Al-Qaeda terror network -
Hamas and Fatah agree to form unity government
1 May 2011, 13:32 GMT
Formal deal could be signed by 7 May -
US calls for increased supplies as oil prices remain high
1 May 2011, 10:42 GMT
Saudi Arabia says there is no shortage in oil supply -
West Qurna-1 production hits 300,000 barrels a day
1 May 2011, 10:42 GMT
First production target met at West Qurna-1 for ExxonMobil-led consortium -
Nato airstrike kills Qaddafi’s son
1 May 2011, 10:16 GMT
Libyan leader unharmed -
Iraq invites investment in three planned refineries
28 April 2011, 13:06 GMT
Feasibility studies for facilities are under way -
Sonoro to begin Iraq heavy oil exploration
27 April 2011, 13:44 GMT
Canadian firm to drill in northern Salahaddin province -
CGG Veritas bids low for Kuwait seismic deal
27 April 2011, 12:56 GMT
$248m deal for 3D surveys of northern fields -
Iraq oil exports earn $7.2bn in March
26 April 2011, 11:20 GMT
Average exports for Iraq above 2 million barrels a day -
Firms bid for West Qurna-2 gas plant deal
Issue 17 29 April-5 May 2011
One of four tenders for oil field operated by Russia’s Lukoil -
Iraq delays fourth oil licensing round
Issue 17 29 April-5 May 2011
Auction for 12 exploration blocks set for January 2012 -
Lukoil to begin Iraq production in 2013
24 April 2011, 14:17 GMT
First production was originally expected in 2012 -
Iran claims new oil reserves increase
24 April 2011, 11:50 GMT
Crude reserves estimates lifted to 155 billion barrels -
Yemen’s Saleh agrees to stand down
24 April 2011, 8:33 GMT
President agrees to give up power in 30 days -
Aspect and Marathon make Kurdish oil find
21 April 2011, 13:23 GMT
Discovery made at Altrush-1 well -
Oil prices rebound
21 April 2011, 13:23 GMT
Saudi Arabia confirms output down 800,000 barrels a day -
Heritage Oil signs rig deal for Kurdish gas field
20 April 2011, 13:34 GMT
Drilling for gas at Miran field scheduled for July -
Iran to begin Caspian drilling in 2012
20 April 2011, 13:14 GMT
First exploration wells planned by April 2012 in disputed sea -
Weatherford wins Kuwait Lower Fars deal
19 April 2011, 13:26 GMT
Facilities will test production of cold heavy oil -
Kuwait delays crude tanker bids to May
19 April 2011, 10:15 GMT
State plans to expand fleet to 34 vessels by 2020 -
EU prepares ground troops for Libya
19 April 2011, 9:02 GMT
European Union awaiting UN approval for deployment -
Iran tenders new Sarcheshmeh copper plant deal
Issue 16 22-28 April 2011
Third phase of expansion for Iran’s largest copper facility -
Iraq invites interest in fourth oil field licensing round
Issue 16 22-28 April 2011
Prequalification deadline set for 19 May -
Iraq plans oil and gas pipeline expansion
Issue 16 22-28 April 2011
Oil Ministry to launch estimated $50bn rehabilitation programme -
Oil prices fall on concerns over world economy
14 April 2011, 14:34 GMT
Opec boosts global oil demand forecast -
SNC Lavalin bids low for Kuwait Wara deal
12 April 2011, 13:43 GMT
Canadian firm is frontrunner for the $500m water injection contract -
Halliburton wins West Qurna-1 drilling contract
12 April 2011, 11:07 GMT
Second deal for US firm at Iraqi field developed by US’ ExxonMobil -
Kuwait delays soil remediation scheme
Issue15 15-21 April 2011
June deadline set for schemes to deal with environmental damage from Iraqi invasion -
Iran to commission first gas storage project in May
Issue15 15-21 April 2011
Gas storage projects lagging behind production schemes -
Qaddafi accepts African Union roadmap for Libya
11 April 2011, 11:08 GMT
Opposition forces under pressure despite no-fly zone -
Iraq introduces new regulations on use of foreign workers
10 April 2011, 12:37 GMT
Iraqis to make up at least 50 per cent of workforce in foreign firms -
Iraq reviews common seawater supply facility
6 April 2011, 14:27 GMT
Project critical for production at southern oilfields -
Kuwait announces 20-year oil and gas spending plan
Issue 14 8-14 April 2011
Government plans to spend $340bn by 2030 to boost oil and gas production -
Kuwait sets May deadline for soil remediation deal
Issue 14 8-14 April 2011
After two decades state moves to deal with environmental damage from Iraqi invasion -
South Korean contractor signs Baghdad refinery deal
Issue 14 8-14 April 2011
SK Engineering & Construction signs $1m deal to provide flare reduction and wastewater systems -
Gulf Petrochem
Issue 13 1-7 April 2011
Investment in oil storage and bunkering has boosted the UAE oil refiner’s revenue streams -
Gulf Petrochem: MEED Assessment
Issue 13 1-7 April 2011
Supporting the storage of vessel loads of feedstock allows Gulf Petrochem to blend products to create customer-specific grades -
Iraq tenders Zubair field gas pipeline
Issue 13 1-7 April 2011
Pipeline from oil field to Gulf coast export terminal -
Q&A: Harshavardhan Sinha, executive director, Gulf Petrochem
Issue 13 1-7 April 2011
Oil trading is a very important part of our gameplan -
Iraq oil exports stable in February
24 March 2011, 2:19 GMT
Higher oil prices boost earnings during shorter month -
Bids in for Iraq Halfaya oil production facilities
Issue 11 18-24 March 2011
Partners plan to increase production to 535,000 b/d from 3,000 b/d currently -
Doubts linger over delayed refineries in Kuwait
Issue 11 18-24 March 2011
Kuwait says it is committed to expanding its refining capacity. A stirring of activity at end of last year confirms this, but final approval is still lacking -
Year of muted celebration in Kuwait
Issue 11 18-24 March 2011
Confrontations between parliament and the executive and growing restiveness among Bedouin Arabs will make for a tense year in Kuwait -
Sonangol begins Iraqi oil fields investment
13 March 2011, 13:07 GMT
Drilling to begin in April 2012 -
Arab League calls for Libya no-fly zone
13 March 2011, 12:59 GMT
Regional body asks UN impose restrictions -
Iraq oil export pipeline hit in fresh attacks
10 March 2011, 14:49 GMT
Blast shuts down northern pipeline from Kirkuk to Ceyhan -
GS Engineering wins Kuwait storage deal
9 March 2011, 12:07 GMT
South Korean firm will build new tank farm at Mina al-Ahmadi refinery -
GCC seeks UN action in Libya
8 March 2011, 10:42 GMT
Military intervention looks unlikely -
Axens to provide technology for Basra cracker
Issue 10 11-17 March 2011
APS Engineering carrying out design work -
Borouge-2 resumes production
Issue 10 11-17 March 2011
Plastics plant had shutdown for unscheduled maintenance on 18 February -
Rising oil prices threat to growth
Issue 10 11-17 March 2011
The spike in crude prices that has followed the Middle East unrest is fuelling fears that the uprisings in the region could trigger a slowdown in the global economy -
WorleyParsons wins Dorra gas field study deal
Issue 10 11-17 March 2011
Field lies in disputed Divided Zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia -
Iraq reopens Baiji refinery
6 March 2011, 11:51 GMT
Militants attacked refinery on 26 February -
Heavy fighting hits Tripoli
6 March 2011, 11:07 GMT
Qaddafi’s forces regaining ground -
EU considers sanctions on Libyan regime
3 March 2011, 10:20 GMT
Travel bans and asset freeze expected from 4 March -
Iran sets deadline for Hormuz petrochemicals plant
2 March 2011, 10:33 GMT
Oman Oil Company signed deal for the joint venture plant in 2009 -
Borouge-2 shut down for repairs
Issue 9 4-10 March 2011
Unscheduled turnaround for plastics complex -
Iraq to boost northern oil export pipeline
Issue 9 4-10 March 2011
Plans to expand Kirkuk to Ceyhan pipeline to 1 million barrels a day -
Kuwait adds Samsung to Wara injection prequalifiers
Issue 9 4-10 March 2011
Delayed water-injection scheme will maintain production levels at the Burgan reservoir -
Qatar's downstream plans falter
Issue 9 4-10 March 2011
Due to the moratorium on the North Gas Field, Doha’s plans for its petrochemicals sector have failed to progress. Mixed feedstock crackers may be the answer -
Weatherford frontrunner for Iraq Gharraf oil facilities
Issue 9 4-10 March 2011
Oil field services firm has already won Feed and drilling contracts -
Libyan opposition forms national council
28 February 2011, 10:04 GMT
New body will not act as an interim government -
Kuwait tenders pipeline repair deal
27 February 2011, 13:24 GMT
Work will cover pipelines in southern and eastern Kuwait -
Anti-government forces close in on Libya capital
27 February 2011, 13:04 GMT
UN imposes sanctions on Qaddafi -
Gunman attack closes Iraq's Baiji refinery
27 February 2011, 10:58 GMT
Two engineers killed and refining unit damaged -
UN Security Council meets to decide on Libya sanctions
26 February 2011, 16:30 GMT
Anti-government protests continue throughout the country -
Oil hits $116 a barrel on Libya unrest
24 February 2011, 15:08 GMT
Brent, WTI and Opec benchmarks all over $100 a barrel -
Iraq oil exports earn $6.1bn in January
24 February 2011, 9:56 GMT
Average exports for Iraq above 2 million barrels a day -
BP halts Libya onshore drilling preparation
24 February 2011, 6:41 GMT
Offshore work at Sirte basin unaffected by civil unrest -
Protesters seize more Libyan cities
24 February 2011, 6:41 GMT
Qaddafi’s authority restricted to capital and western cities -
Fluor wins Iraq West Qurna-1 deal
23 February 2011, 10:06 GMT
US firm will carry out early works programme for 3 years -
Qaddafi vows to fight
23 February 2011, 9:45 GMT
North African ruler stops gas exports to Italy -
Kuwait waits on approval for refining plans
Issue 8 25 February 2011-3 March 2011
Clean Fuel Projects could be tendered in eight packages -
Violence escalates in Libya
22 February 2011, 12:50 GMT
Fighter jets and mercenaries used to quell uprising -
Iraq approves $82.6bn budget for 2011
22 February 2011, 11:43 GMT
Budget adjusted after protests and political bargaining -
Libyan unrest spreads to Tripoli
21 February 2011, 10:33 GMT
More than 230 dead in second city of Benghazi -
Construction starts on Marjan methanol project
20 February 2011, 13:07 GMT
No award yet for main engineering deal -
Worley Parsons wins Rumaila design deal
20 February 2011, 11:47 GMT
Australian firm will provide conceptual design and feed for Rumaila field -
Protests spread to Kuwait
20 February 2011, 7:37 GMT
Kuwait second Gulf state to see unrest -
Iraq to offer 12 sites in new oil bid round
16 February 2011, 13:26 GMT
Licensing auction to be Iraq’s fourth -
Baghdad names new cabinet and oil committee
15 February 2011, 10:17 GMT
Oil and Energy committee chairman also named -
Palestinian cabinet resigns
15 February 2011, 8:59 GMT
Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat also quits -
Kuwait signs new oil field service contract
14 February 2011, 9:49 GMT
Schlumberger joins Halliburton and Western Atlas for well logging deals -
Engineering and financing to delay giant Iraqi desalination facility
Issue 7 18-24 February 2011
Water facility needed for injection into southern oilfields -
Iran tenders delayed North Azadegan oilfield contract
Issue 7 18-24 February 2011
Delays highlight Tehran’s exposure to sanctions -
Lukoil sets end of March deadline for West Qurna-2 commercials
Issue 7 18-24 February 2011
Developer has tendered four projects for 12.9 billion-barrel field -
Gasco prequalifies 12 for Habshan carbon recovery scheme
9 February 2011, 12:57 GMT
Contract is estimated to be worth $260m -
Fourteen firms interested in Kuwait oil lakes deal
9 February 2011, 7:49 GMT
State moves to deal with environmental damage caused by Iraqi retreat in 1991 -
Dredging International consortium wins Abu Dhabi island deal
8 February 2011, 11:57 GMT
$260m contract for two artificial islands at Satah al-Razboot field -
Hanwha approved for Kuwait fire systems contract
Issue 6 11-17 February 2011
South Korean firm will upgrade fire-detection systems at Kuwait’s refineries -
Old oil tensions linger in Iraq
Issue 6 11-17 February 2011
The call to amend Kurdistan’s production-sharing oil contracts shows that Baghdad has to work on relations with its semi-autonomous northern region -
Iran boosts Shazand gasoline output
6 February 2011, 12:16 GMT
First phase expansion of refinery in Arak now complete -
DNO discovers oil in Yemen and Iraq
6 February 2011, 12:03 GMT
The Norway firm’s concessions in Yemen and Kurdistan produce oil flows -
Egypt troubles push oil over $100
3 February 2011, 15:02 GMT
More protests are expected across the Arab world -
Abu Dhabi signs a concession agreement with Adoc
3 February 2011, 13:06 GMT
Japan-owned firm’s concession includes the Hail field -
Iraq begins crude exports from Kurdistan
3 February 2011, 12:14 GMT
Norway’s DNO tests Tawke field production at 10,000 b/d -
Horizon Terminal delays Fujairah distribution centre bids
1 February 2011, 12:34 GMT
Bids now due on 20 February -
Egypt without Mubarak
Issue 5 4-10 February 2011
Egypt’s opposition made up of both secular and Islamist parties lacks direction as protests mount -
Abu Dhabi considers splitting offshore field contract
Issue 5 4-10 February 2011
Adma-Opco had planned to develop Umm Lulu and Nasr fields together -
Abu Dhabi finds partner for Shah gas project
Issue 5 4-10 February 2011
With the UAE’s gas deficit expected to widen, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has staked its reputation on the ambitious Shah sour gas project. But even with a new partner, numerous challenges remain -
GS Engineering submits low bid for Kuwait storage deal
Issue 5 4-10 February 2011
New tank farm to be built at Mina al-Ahmadi refinery -
Zadco launches offshore island drilling tenders
Issue 5 4-10 February 2011
Construction of main artificial island almost complete -
Crude oil prices dip on poor US economic data
30 January 2011, 6:45 GMT
Opec could raise production by 2 per cent to meet demand -
Heritage Oil discovers gas in Kurdistan
30 January 2011, 6:45 GMT
Miran West field could contain 9.1 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves -
Gas exports fund project boom in Qatar
Qatar Projects
Following a slowdown in oil discoveries, Doha’s focus has shifted to its natural gas exports to drive the economic growth needed to sustain a growing projects market -
Mubarak regime concerned by Egypt protests
27 January 2011, 13:43 GMT
Unrest spreads to Arab world’s most-populous country -
Kuwait to resume liquefied natural gas imports in mid-March
27 January 2011, 13:43 GMT
Emirate requires imports to meet growing power-generation demands -
Syria lifts crude oil production
27 January 2011, 13:43 GMT
After years of decline, production rises to 386,000 barrels a day -
Hyundai wins Borouge specialist plastics deal
27 January 2011, 8:35 GMT
$169m contract for new plant in Ruwais -
Iraq oil revenues touch $52bn in 2010
26 January 2011, 6:47 GMT
Average exports touch 1.9 million barrels a day -
Abu Dhabi in talks with low bidders for offshore facilities
Issue 4 28 January-3 February 2011
Adma-Opco plans to develop Umm Lulu and Nasr fields together -
Hyundai frontrunner for Borouge contract
Issue 4 28 January-3 February 2011
Specialist plastics plant to be built at Ruwais -
Kuwait tenders crude tanker building contracts
Issue 4 28 January-3 February 2011
Government tanker firm plans to expand fleet to 34 carriers by 2020 -
Sinopec bids low for Takreer oil storage deal
Issue 4 28 January-3 February 2011
Facility to be built at Sharjah’s Hamriyah freezone -
Bids in for Takreer Sharjah oil storage
24 January 2011, 13:53 GMT
Eight contractors submit technical bids for $150m scheme -
Occidental signs on for Shah gas venture
20 January 2011, 12:29 GMT
US firm will take on challenging sour-gas development in Abu Dhabi -
Oil prices stable following Alaska pipeline leak
20 January 2011, 11:27 GMT
Opec increases 2011 demand growth -
Kurdistan to export oil from February
20 January 2011, 9:25 GMT
Baghdad and Irbil agree tentative deal for 100,000 barrels a day -
Qatar replaces energy minister
18 January 2011, 13:02 GMT
Mohammad Salah al-Sada takes over from Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah -
Borouge awards non-process buildings contract
18 January 2011, 11:39 GMT
The $111m contract is part of phase 3 expansion at Ruwais -
Lebanese political blocs prepare to contest premiership
18 January 2011, 8:41 GMT
Government collapsed on 12 January -
Contractors expect January award for Umm Lulu and Nasr field facilities
Issue 3 21-27 January 2011
Two UAE offshore fields to be developed together -
Abu Dhabi launches Bab-Habshan design tender
Issue 3 21-27 January 2011
Engineering design for onshore field in the southwest of the emirate -
Bids in for Borouge specialist plastics plant
Issue 3 21-27 January 2011
Cross-linked polymer plant part of Borouge-3 expansion -
Iran tenders Salman full field study
Issue 3 21-27 January 2011
Offshore field lies on Iran-UAE maritime border -
Kuwait tenders new gas pipelines
Issue 3 21-27 January 2011
Gas transit pipelines project will connect booster station to Mina al-Ahmadi refinery in west of Kuwait -
New crisis in Lebanon to hit economic growth
Issue 3 21-27 January 2011
A protracted political impasse following the January collapse of the unity government in Lebanon could hamper the country’s economic growth and reforms -
Iran announces two new gas field discoveries
17 January 2011, 12:37 GMT
Khayyam and Sefid fields add 330 billion cubic metres to reserves -
Oil prices rise on Alaskan pipeline leak
13 January 2011, 12:30 GMT
European market leads way to $100 a barrel -
Abu Dhabi to decide on new partner for Shah gas scheme
13 January 2011, 6:23 GMT
Three oil majors line up to take on challenging gas development project -
Gasco begins Shah sulphur technical meetings
11 January 2011, 5:50 GMT
Final sulphur deal to be awarded in April -
Gasco launches three new schemes
Issue 2 14-20 January 2011
Carbon dioxide and nitrogen projects estimated at $600m -
Kuwait awards two oil field service deals
Issue 2 14-20 January 2011
Halliburton and Western Atlas International win contracts -
Lukoil sets end of January deadline for Iraq oil facilities
Issue 2 14-20 January 2011
Contract is to build early production facilities at West Qurna-2 field -
Takreer delays Sharjah storage bids
Issue 2 14-20 January 2011
Another set back for retendered fuel tanks deal -
Oil prices under pressure after year-end surge
6 January 2011, 12:22 GMT
Average Opec prices for 2010 were $77.45 a barrel. -
Japanese firm wins onshore Barzan contract
6 January 2011, 12:21 GMT
JGC Corporation wins estimated $1.7bn deal for onshore gas processing trains -
Kuwait signs $1.9bn of upstream contracts in December
5 January 2011, 7:41 GMT
State-operator Kuwait Oil Company awards $11.6bn in 2010 -
Al-Maliki takes the reins in Iraq once more
Issue 1 7-13 January 2011
Iraq’s parliament has endorsed a new government after more than nine months of political deadlock -
Borouge extends specialist plastics plant deadline
Issue 1 7-13 January 2011
Commercial submissions for Borouge’s planned plastics facility now set for 17 January -
Cairo delays Alexandria petrochemicals project award
Issue 1 7-13 January 2011
State-owned Echem asks bidders asked to extend bid validity to the end of March -
Doha invites interest for Ras Laffan diesel facility
Issue 1 7-13 January 2011
Facility will reduce sulphur content from Laffan Refinery -
Local company plans new refinery in southern Iraq
Issue 1 7-13 January 2011
Proposed scheme would be Iraq’s fifth and largest planned refinery -
Crude prices end 2010 on a high
30 December 2010, 11:49 GMT
Prices at highest since October 2008 -
Outotec and Hatch to provide technology for Maaden facility
30 December 2010, 8:47 GMT
New facility for aluminium production at Ras al-Zour -
Sabic awards contracts for Ibn Rushd complex
30 December 2010, 7:42 GMT
CTCI and Sinopec sign awards to cover expansion of specialist chemicals at Yanbu -
Abu Dhabi paves the way with sulphur awards
30 December 2010, 7:28 GMT
Award of the Shah gas scheme expected in April -
Tehran stands at a political crossroads
Issue 53 31 December 2010 - 6 January 2011
Iran’s political future is uncertain, but as the government starts to phase out subsidies and with US sanctions beginning to bite, Ahmedinejad could soon find his hand forced -
Techint and Dodsal win Gasco sulphur deals
29 December 2010, 9:12 GMT
Contracts are worth about $1.2bn -
Abu Dhabi cuts February crude allocations
29 December 2010, 8:02 GMT
The move follows Opec’s decision to reduce production -
Apicorp to sell stake in Alexandria Carbon Black Company
29 December 2010, 8:02 GMT
Development bank owns 12 per cent share of Egyptian manufacturer -
Iran allocates $450m for gas scheme
28 December 2010, 12:24 GMT
Start up of the Tomback scheme planned for 2013 -
Iraq oil exports earn $4.6bn in November
27 December 2010, 10:08 GMT
Average oil prices hit $80 a barrel -
Oil prices rise as Europe and the US freeze
23 December 2010, 7:12 GMT
Prices rise again on the back of cold weather and strengthening demand -
Halcrow wins Chemaweyaat consultancy deal
22 December 2010, 14:38 GMT
UK firm will develop the master plan for site in western region -
GE handed Shaybah oil recovery contract by Saudi Aramco
21 December 2010, 9:51 GMT
Deal for turbines and compressors is worth $500m -
Saipem wins contracts in Kuwait and Syria
20 December 2010, 10:37 GMT
The two contracts are worth more than $1.2bn for Italian firm -
South Korean firm to supply equipment for Iran gas deal
19 December 2010, 11:42 GMT
DK Tech signs $789m contract for South Pars phases 17 and 18 -
Oil prices stable as traders look to US recovery
19 December 2010, 10:18 GMT
US Treasury purchase worth $600bn demonstrates commitment to growth -
Iran implements first stage of subsidy cuts
Issue 52 24-30 December 2010
Fuel and power prices rise to ease government subsidy burden -
Iran-Venezuela joint venture methanol project stalls
Issue 52 24-30 December 2010
Bids submitted in July, but no award for Assaluyeh scheme -
Kuwait tenders oil lakes consultancy deal
Issue 52 24-30 December 2010
Project management of environmental damage caused by Iraqi retreat in 1991 -
Shell wins race for Qatar petrochemicals project
Issue 52 24-30 December 2010
Oil major replaces US’ ExxonMobil at Ras Laffan -
Sipco places Yanbu plant on hold
Issue 52 24-30 December 2010
Petrochemical scheme worth $170m is not economically viable -
Tehran pins its hopes on trade with China
Issue 52 24-30 December 2010
As international oil majors abandon projects amid toughened sanctions, the way is open for China to play a greater role in Iran’s energy sector. But Beijing’s oil firms are showing caution -
South Korean firm signs Iran gas contract
Issue 51 17-23 December 2010
Engineering firms pushing on despite South Korean sanctions from September -
Abu Dhabi to tender new offshore oil deal in April
Issue 51 17-23 December 2010
Satah al-Razboot field to be developed -
Baghdad sets out economic vision
Issue 51 17-23 December 2010
Iraq’s $186bn National Development Plan has been confirmed by the government -
Hanwha frontrunner for Kuwait fire systems contract
Issue 51 17-23 December 2010
State-refiner plans to upgrade fire-detection systems at Kuwait refineries -
Total seeks Qatar partner in Sudan oil
Issue 51 17-23 December 2010
French oil firm looking for greater cooperation with Doha -
Qatar hits 77 million tonnes LNG production capacity
14 December 2010, 9:52 GMT
Doha realises its 2010 LNG target as world’s largest producer and exporter -
Iran: Electrode paste
12 December 2010, 12:21 GMT
Supply of 500 tonnes of electrode paste -
Iran: Gas turbine repair and reconditioning
12 December 2010, 12:18 GMT
Repair of gas turbines for petrochemical company -
Mubadala signs Yemen oil and gas agreement
12 December 2010, 10:42 GMT
Abu Dhabi and Sana’a to cooperate in Yemen’s upstream sector -
Oil prices stable around $90 a barrel
9 December 2010, 13:51 GMT
2010 demand forecast to reach 87.1 million barrels a day -
Bahrain: Electricty and water pumps
9 December 2010, 13:40 GMT
Electricty and water pumps -
Saudi Arabia: Water networks and tanks construction
9 December 2010, 13:39 GMT
Networks and tanks in northern area -
Yearbook 2011: 2010 Review - Mecca Reportage
Supplement: MEED Yearbook 2011
As cranes dot the skyline transforming Islam’s holiest city, the scale and aesthetics of the redevelopment have met with criticism -
Yearbook 2011: Energy outlook - Rising demand drives oil and gas plans
Supplement: MEED Yearbook 2011
National oil companies stand to capitalise from lower contracting costs -
International oil companies hit Zubair field production targets in Iraq
8 December 2010, 12:39 GMT
Consortium reaches its 10 per cent production growth goal -
Abu Dhabi prequalifies firms for Zakum offshore scheme development
Issue 50 10-16 December 2010
Artificial islands housing production facilities at Zakum oil field already under construction -
Borouge sets end of December deadline for plant prices
Issue 50 10-16 December 2010
Deadline extended after clarification meetings with bidders -
Kuwait considers third olefins cracker
Issue 50 10-16 December 2010
Plans for state’s third olefins scheme comes under study -
Local contractor wins new Kuwait onshore drilling contract
Issue 50 10-16 December 2010
State upstream operator has awarded nine drilling contracts in 2010 -
Tebodin wins Gasco flare management deal
Issue 50 10-16 December 2010
Gas developer plans to reduce flaring in Abu Dhabi’s Western Region -
Dolphin Energy completes cross-UAE gas pipeline
6 December 2010, 10:39 GMT
Pipeline runs for 244 kilometres from Taweelah to Fujairah -
Oil prices rise to two-year highs
6 December 2010, 6:12 GMT
Global oil market balance expected to tighten -
Iraq: Survey of informal enterprises sector
5 December 2010, 13:18 GMT
Consultants to survey micro, small and medium enterprises -
Iraq: Automatic vehicle location system
5 December 2010, 13:14 GMT
Iraq: Automatic vehicle location system - Tender DetailsDescriptionUnited Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) invites sealed bids for the procurement of computer aided dispatch/automatic vehicle location system. -
Dubai completes new Jebel Ali gas terminal
5 December 2010, 8:55 GMT
Facility will allow imports of gas to emirate’s gas network -
Chiyoda consortium frontrunner for onshore Barzan deal
1 December 2010, 12:26 GMT
Onshore deal follows selection of Hyundai Heavy Industries as offshore contractor -
Galfar bids low for Zirku island pipeline deal
Issue 49 3-9 December 2010
Project is part of Abu Dhabi’s plan to upgrade oily water facilities -
Iran and Iraq test boundaries
Issue 49 3-9 December 2010
Relations between Tehran and Baghdad have improved over the past few years. But conflicts over Iraq’s oil ambitions are putting it under strain again -
Kuwait Oil Company clarifies oil production targets
Issue 49 3-9 December 2010
State-owned oil firm to produce 3.65 million barrels a day by 2020 -
Kuwait to exit fertiliser market
Issue 49 3-9 December 2010
Long-term plan is to leave industry -
Kuwait to tender $16bn refinery revamp in 2011
Issue 49 3-9 December 2010
Clean Fuels Project awaiting approval from Kuwait’s Supreme Petroleum Council -
Kuwait to push ahead with refinery projects
29 November 2010, 10:53 GMT
State plans to launch more than $54bn-worth of oil and gas projectss -
Kuwait delays bids for tank scheme
28 November 2010, 12:13 GMT
Mina al-Ahmadi storage deal estimated at $1.2bn -
Oil prices stable but volatility expected
28 November 2010, 8:19 GMT
Prices hold above $80 a barrel as global demand rise continues -
Iraq oil exports earn $4.5bn in October
23 November 2010, 9:31 GMT
Iraq budget for 2011 based on $73 a barrel average oil prices -
Iran announces new Gulf oil discovery
23 November 2010, 9:07 GMT
Estimated 34 billion barrels of oil at Ferdowsi gas field -
Dodsal bids low for Habshan sulphur station
Issue 48 26 November - 2 December 2010
Project to be awarded before end of 2010 -
Hyundai Heavy Industries selected for Barzan offshore deal
Issue 48 26 November - 2 December 2010
Estimated $800m contract goes to South Korean firm -
United Precision Drilling signs four Kuwait rig deals
Issue 48 26 November - 2 December 2010
State operator awards four contracts worth more than $400m -
Sinopec stalls Yadavaran engineering deals
27 October 2010, 10:57 GMT
Bids submitted in July, but not opened -
Taqa appoints new head of upstream
27 October 2010, 6:44 GMT
BP Russia’s David Cook selected to oversee upstream development at Abu Dhabi firm -
Echem delays opening bids for Alexandria petrochemicals project
Issue 44 29 October-5 November 2010
Bidders asked to extend bid validity to end of 2010 -
Iraq oil exports up 12.8 per cent in September
25 October 2010, 11:39 GMT
Country earns $4.43bn in revenues -
Total signs Kuwait technical service agreement
24 October 2010, 13:26 GMT
French oil major will provide technical advice on developing heavy crude reserves -
Marathon Oil acquires Kurdistan exploration blocks
24 October 2010, 11:05 GMT
US firm signs production-sharing agreements for two blocks -
Topaz wins Fujairah oil terminal expansion deal
20 October 2010, 11:56 GMT
Expansion will add almost 100,000 cubic metres to oil storage terminal -
Iran's gasoline export plans two years ahead of schedule
19 October 2010, 15:20 GMT
Tehran to export gasoline in 2011 -
Al-Khorayef wins Kuwait oil gathering centre deal
Issue 43 22-28 October 2010
Saudi firm will build crude oil gathering centre in west Kuwait -
Doha extends deadline for Barzan onshore bids
Issue 43 22-28 October 2010
Contract award by end of a in doubt -
Gulf looks along the petrochemicals value chain
Issue 43 22-28 October 2010
The Middle East is moving on from low-cost commodity chemicals and turning to more specialised products. But the transition will not be easy -
Iraq gas auction fails to attract majors
Issue 43 22-28 October 2010
Three fields successfully awarded but interest was subdued -
Kuwait approves Kharafi National for northern field gas deal
Issue 43 22-28 October 2010
Award made to first ranked bidder nearly a year after bids were submitted -
Borouge extends specialist plastics plant deadline
18 October 2010, 11:13 GMT
Second delay to cross-linked polymer scheme -
Petrofac wins Sharjah gas service contract
18 October 2010, 8:29 GMT
Emirate awards $250m management deal for Sajaa gas plant -
Kuwait launches Wara oil field pressure maintenance deal
17 October 2010, 14:49 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company plans water-injection scheme to maintain production levels -
Halliburton wins ExxonMobil contract in Iraq
17 October 2010, 14:42 GMT
US firm will provide wellhead services at West Qurna-1 field -
Iran launches Kharg oil facilities design tender
12 October 2010, 14:34 GMT
Consultants asked to design a new 200,000 barrel a day production facility -
Gasco sets deadline for Shah sulphur bidders
12 October 2010, 12:37 GMT
Abu Dhabi firm sets December technical deadline for Shah project -
Bahrain scraps oil export facility
Issue 42 15-21 October 2010
Delayed $150m project now deemed economically unfeasible -
Doha emerges as major oil player
Issue 42 15-21 October 2010
In barely a decade, Qatar has transformed itself from a bit-part performer on the oil scene to the fifteenth biggest energy exporter in the world – seeking partnerships with international oil majors along the way -
Iran faces energy crisis through sanctions
Issue 42 15-21 October 2010
As Iran gets ready to assume Opec presidency, the country is facing an energy crisis at home as economic sanctions stem the flow of much-needed foreign investment and skills -
Keeping Baghdad’s oil ambitions in check
Issue 42 15-21 October 2010
Whether or not Iraq can deliver its output target of more than 12 million barrels by 2017, it will at some point be brought back into the Opec quota system – a process that will not be easy -
Takreer prequalifies 17 for Sharjah storage scheme
Issue 42 15-21 October 2010
$150m scheme aims to build new oil facilities on Sharjah coast -
Techint frontrunner for Gasco Ruwais export terminal
Issue 42 15-21 October 2010
Italian firm submits lowest price for sulphur expansion scheme -
Nexant wins Qatar petrochemicals study contract
10 October 2010, 14:32 GMT
US firm will carry out pre-feasibility studies for new plant at Ras Laffan -
Local firm wins Kuwait oil maintenance deal
10 October 2010, 14:06 GMT
Contract worth $165m for west Kuwait oil facilities -
Gasco sets date for Habshan technical clarification
6 October 2010, 9:25 GMT
Abu Dhabi state firm will meet with bidders for new sulphur facility -
Iraq oil production target: Mission impossible
Issue 41 8-14 October 2010
Iraq will struggle to deliver its oil production target of 12 million barrels a day by 2017 -
Iraq to launch second major offshore deal
Issue 41 8-14 October 2010
Finance for the project will be provided by Japan -
Kuwait prequalifies three for tanks project
Issue 41 8-14 October 2010
Mina al-Ahmadi deal worth an estimated $1.2bn -
Zadco delays Zirku pipeline deadline
4 October 2010, 14:47 GMT
Deal is part of Abu Dhabi’s plan to upgrade oily water facilities -
South Korean firm wins Bahrain refinery wastewater plant
3 October 2010, 9:13 GMT
GS Engineering & Construction wins $70m deal -
Zadco extends Satah development deadline
30 September 2010, 8:42 GMT
Scheme aims to increase emirate’s offshore oil production -
Mott MacDonald wins Iraq gas field deal
29 September 2010, 11:58 GMT
UK firm will carry out design, engineering and procurement support -
Iran delays Marjan methanol bids
Issue 40 1-7 October 2010
Delayed petrochemical scheme pushed back again -
Rising tensions fuel Gulf arms race
Issue 40 1-7 October 2010
Concern over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions is leading to an undeclared arms build-up in the region -
Shell’s wait for South Gas approval continues
Issue 40 1-7 October 2010
Oil Ministry finalising details of controversial deal -
Kuwait delays oil facility fire systems tender
21 September 2010, 14:30 GMT
State-refiner plans to upgrade fire detection systems at refineries -
Bids in for Abu Dhabi's Habshan sulphur facility
Issue No 39 24-30 September 2010
Abu Dhabi plans to process and transport sulphur by rail for export -
Petrochemicals slowdown allows Iran to be self-sufficient in gasoline
Issue No 39 24-30 September 2010
Switching from petrochemicals will hurt long-term petrochemicals prospects -
Local firm wins North Kuwait pipelines deal
20 September 2010, 11:41 GMT
Revamp of oil transfer infrastructure needed to match oil production increases -
Washington reports Baghdad budget surpluses
19 September 2010, 14:34 GMT
$11bn budget underspend could allow US to reduce security spending in Iraq -
Bahrain extends deadline for liquefied natural gas terminal prequalification
19 September 2010, 13:02 GMT
Manama needs to secure gas to power future industrial projects -
Tensions rise between Irbil and Baghdad over oil ownership
Issue No 38 17-25 September 2010
Some four million people live in Irbil, Dahuk and Sulaimaniyah, the three provinces of northern Iraq that make up the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) -
Namvaran emerges as frontrunner Assaluyeh methanol plant
Issue No 37 10-16 September 2010
Delayed Iran-Venezuela joint venture could be awarded within two weeks -
Syria pushes back oil and gas licensing round
Issue No 37 10-16 September 2010
Bid round was due on 15 September -
WorleyParsons wins Ruwais refinery management deal
Issue No 37 10-16 September 2010
Design deal yet to be awarded -
Egypt: Economic analysis and modelling
5 September 2010, 13:21 GMT
Study on the impact of ICT on Egyptian economy -
Jordan: Diesel engine power project
5 September 2010, 13:18 GMT
Build, own operation diesel engine power plant -
Dana Gas makes new Egypt gas find
5 September 2010, 12:04 GMT
Fourth discovery this year as gas production increases 20 per cent -
Kuwait: Spotlights
2 September 2010, 13:34 GMT
Supply of 400/250 Watt Sodium spotlights -
Kuwait: Fire brigade clothes
2 September 2010, 12:24 GMT
Clothes and requirements for fire brigade department -
Kuwait: Transaction advisory services for wastewater treatment plant
1 September 2010, 14:47 GMT
Prequalification of potential Transaction Advisors on the Development and Operation of the Umm Al-Hayman Wastewater Treatment Plant -
Syria: Consulting services
1 September 2010, 14:44 GMT
Assessment of surveys, methodologies, data analysis and training. -
Kuwait tenders oil and gas engineering services deal
1 September 2010, 9:14 GMT
State operator sets 7 November deadline for prequalification -
Kuwait reviews oil sector restructuring plans
31 August 2010, 14:36 GMT
State oil firm merger depends on new top chief executive -
Hanwha to sign Kuwait gas bottling plant deal
31 August 2010, 12:59 GMT
Firm will build a $189m facility in north Kuwait -
Iran: Vapour absorption chiller
31 August 2010, 12:44 GMT
Supply three absorption chillers -
Iran: Turning machine
31 August 2010, 12:42 GMT
Supply of a set of vertical turning machines -
Iran: Communications unit
30 August 2010, 12:51 GMT
Supply, shipping installation and delivery of two Navtex communications units -
Iran: Tools and equipment
30 August 2010, 12:00 GMT
Four tenders for the supply of tools and equipment -
Zadco delays Satah field development bids
Issue No 36 3-9 September 2010
Delayed scheme aims to increase offshore production -
Baghdad and Kurdistan clash over RWE gas deal
Issue No 36 3-9 September 2010
Dispute over independent contracts and exports continues -
Kuwait launches heavy oil sands tender
Issue No 36 3-9 September 2010
Test facilities for cold heavy oil with sand in the Lower Fars reservoir -
Iran: Hovercraft
29 August 2010, 13:03 GMT
Provision and delivery of lake search and rescue hovercraft of Uromia port -
Iran: Submarine Pipelines
29 August 2010, 12:48 GMT
Provision of submarine pipelines between Balal production platform and Lavan Island -
RWE signs Kurdistan gas deal
29 August 2010, 12:28 GMT
Agreement for assistance on domestic and export gas infrastructure -
Oman: Capacitor banks
26 August 2010, 12:06 GMT
Supply and installation of capacitor banks in new airport development -
Oman: Electrification distribution works
26 August 2010, 12:04 GMT
Electrification distribution works at Wilayat al-Waata. -
KBR wins BP deal in Egypt
26 August 2010, 11:44 GMT
Onshore gas terminal for West Nile Delta Development -
Qatar tenders Mesaieed gas liquids support campus
25 August 2010, 13:28 GMT
State-energy company increasing its production of gas liquids -
KBR wins Iraq Maysan refinery units
25 August 2010, 11:50 GMT
US firm awarded technology and basic engineering deals -
Iraq’s July oil exports up 2.8 per cent
25 August 2010, 11:29 GMT
Oil revenues reach $54.6bn -
Iran’s gasoline consumption down 12 per cent
24 August 2010, 15:07 GMT
Fuel consumption at lowest level since March -
Al Ain: Medical Equipment
24 August 2010, 11:15 GMT
Hospital medical equipment -
Abu Dhabi: Consultancy services
24 August 2010, 7:49 GMT
Consultancy services for food safety document preparation -
Iraq’s competing gas demands
Issue 35 27 August - 2 September 2010
Oil and electricity ministries work together to balance domestic consumption and exports -
Iran and Venezuela review joint venture methanol plans
19 August 2010, 12:32 GMT
Two consortiums were shortlisted for the scheme in May -
Qatar tenders offshore security design deal
19 August 2010, 12:32 GMT
Surveillance and security towers for offshore oilfields -
Iran extends Marjan methanol plant deadline
19 August 2010, 12:01 GMT
Bidders now have to 23 September -
UAE: Al-Maleeha labour accommodation
19 August 2010, 10:49 GMT
Labour acommodation and outer fence and guard room -
UAE: guiding board
19 August 2010, 10:48 GMT
Supply and set guiding board for accidental inspection building -
Kuwait seeks revised prices for oil production facility
19 August 2010, 9:26 GMT
20 October deadline for Al-Khorayef -
Iran: Reduction gear parts
18 August 2010, 10:20 GMT
Supply of reduction gear parts -
Iran: Al-Borz Canals and drainage system
18 August 2010, 10:19 GMT
Talar left bank canals and drainage system for improvement zone, as part of the Al-Borz integrated land and water management project -
Iran set to launch first nuclear power plant
17 August 2010, 13:31 GMT
Russian built plant awaiting fuel -
Oman: Electro-mechanical maintenance services
17 August 2010, 9:25 GMT
Operation and maintenance services at University Hospital -
Oman: Housing and Mosque construction
17 August 2010, 9:25 GMT
Construction of 33 housing units and Mosque -
Hydrocarbon legislation still a long way off in Iraq
Issue 34 20-26 August 2010
A potential hydrocarbons law, laid out in draft form since 2007, could help regulate Iraq’s oil sector. However, the legislation remains paralysed amid the political stalemate in Baghdad -
Iraq: Relations with Kuwait remain frosty
Issue 34 20-26 August 2010
Baghdad has struggled to rebuild relations with Kuwait following its invasion by Saddam Hussein’s forces. The payment of war reparations in particular continues to be a major obstacle -
Mecca
Issue 34 20-26 August 2010
As cranes dot the skyline transforming Islam’s holiest city, the scale and aesthetics of the redevelopment have met with criticism -
Political tensions threaten security
Issue 34 20-26 August 2010
The security situation in Iraq is much improved, but political deadlock threatens to undermine those gains -
Oman portable boring machines
16 August 2010, 13:31 GMT
Supply of portable boring machines -
Iran: Recovery equipment and spool
16 August 2010, 13:22 GMT
Iran: Recovery equipment and spool - Tender DetailsDescriptionSupply of recovery equipment and spoolBid closing date18 September, 2010 -
Crescent Petroleum denies Iran gas deal is off
12 August 2010, 13:56 GMT
Iranian media reports claimed deal was cancelled -
Kuwait cancels heavy oil prequalification
12 August 2010, 13:33 GMT
State oil company expected to relaunch tender as EPC deal -
Gulf petrochemicals producers protest against Indian anti-dumping moves
12 August 2010, 11:58 GMT
Umbrella body could lobby for retaliatory measures -
Shell scales back Iran office
12 August 2010, 11:19 GMT
UN sanctions prompts oil major to reduce staff -
Iraq confirms Iranian gas import deal
11 August 2010, 13:15 GMT
Baghdad previously denied agreement with Tehran -
Iraq will struggle to replicate earlier successes
10 August 2010, 11:44 GMT
Politics may be the biggest obstacle for Iraq’s third licensing round -
Shaw Group wins Ruwais base oils deal
8 August 2010, 13:30 GMT
State-refiner hopes to become an exporter of lubricants -
Ipic reviews $20bn of refinery investment plans
5 August 2010, 13:52 GMT
State fund has announced plans for four new refineries and is in talks over investing in Jordanian expansion -
Kuwait approves Petrofac for effluent water injection scheme
5 August 2010, 13:40 GMT
Project cost drops more than 50 per cent -
Kuwait tenders new gas tanks scheme
5 August 2010, 11:18 GMT
Mina al-Ahmadi deal worth an estimated $1.2bn -
Kuwait approves two more pipeline deals
5 August 2010, 9:45 GMT
Revamp of oil transfer infrastructure needed as Kuwait seeks to raise oil production -
Iraq denies Iran gas import deal
5 August 2010, 9:34 GMT
Oil ministry says it has not signed agreement -
Iran and Iraq sign gas deal
3 August 2010, 14:07 GMT
Agreement paves the way for gas imports to Iraq -
Baghdad scraps signing-on fees for gas bid round
3 August 2010, 12:37 GMT
International oil companies will not be asked to pay signing-on fees for first gas licensing round -
Qatar delays Barzan onshore submissions
1 August 2010, 9:44 GMT
Technical deadline set for 20 August -
Tecnimont wins Kuwait acid-gas deal
29 July 2010, 12:05 GMT
Facility will be built at the Mina al-Ahmadi refinery -
Iraq's June oil exports down 4 per cent
27 July 2010, 15:34 GMT
Oil revenues fall as sabotage and bad weather hamper Iraq exports -
Iran sets August deadline for government relocation
27 July 2010, 9:40 GMT
Security and earthquake fears prompt shift -
Legal challenge prompts Iraq oil deal rethink
26 July 2010, 7:49 GMT
Baghdad seeks to convert signature bonuses on oilfields awarded in 2009 -
Shareholders divided over Bahrain's Sitra oil export facility plans
22 July 2010, 14:47 GMT
After more than three years a final decision is still pending -
Delays hit Iranian methanol projects
22 July 2010, 14:02 GMT
Schedule slips on two methanol projects at Assaluyeh -
Bids in for Barzan offshore deals
22 July 2010, 9:13 GMT
Qatar sets mid-August deadline for onshore submissions -
Iran approves Azadegan oil development plan
21 July 2010, 13:23 GMT
Dealsigned after six months of talks with Chinese partner -
BP signs new offshore gas deal in Egypt
20 July 2010, 9:23 GMT
UK firm says previous terms were not commercially viable -
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company nears award for LPG bottling plant
19 July 2010, 12:49 GMT
India’s Larsen & Toubro expected to sign agreement by end of July -
Revolutionary Guards affiliate pulls out of South Pars phases
18 July 2010, 10:37 GMT
UN sanctions bite Iran’s gas development hopes -
Hyundai and Petrofac win Kuwait pipelines deals
18 July 2010, 9:42 GMT
Contracts worth a total of $1.8bn to take oil to national power plants -
Partners to increase output at Iraq's Rumaila oil field
14 July 2010, 15:04 GMT
Production to hit 1.17 million barrels a day by 2011 -
Foster Wheeler wins Iraq oil export expansion deal
14 July 2010, 12:13 GMT
Iraq aims to increase Basra export capacity to 4.5 million barrels a day -
Bids in for Fujairah oil storage terminal
Issue No 29 16-22 July 2010
Terminal to handle 20 million tonnes of refined products a year -
Contractors prepare to bid for specialised Borouge plant
Issue No 29 16-22 July 2010
Award on $150-200m deal expected by the end of the year -
Damascus needs global oil & gas expertise
Issue No 29 16-22 July 2010
A successful bid round will be essential in arresting Syria’s hydrocarbons decline -
Interest grows in Syria oil bid round
Issue No 29 16-22 July 2010
15 September bid round set to increase production -
Zadco launches Satah field development tenders
Issue No 29 16-22 July 2010
Zadco’s delayed Satah field scheme to increase offshore production moves ahead -
Abu Dhabi tenders sulphur facilities at Habshan and Shah
11 July 2010, 13:46 GMT
Emirate delays Ruwais bid deadline by two weeks -
Iran’s Azadegan oilfield production increases
7 July 2010, 12:16 GMT
Delayed scheme needs foreign investment to hit original targets -
Local firm wins Kuwait maintenance deal
7 July 2010, 10:19 GMT
Deal worth $170m and goes to local firm -
Abu Dhabi postpones refinery pipelines bid
6 July 2010, 13:44 GMT
Delay to inter-refinery pipelines scheme -
Bids in for Echem Alexandria petrochemicals project
Issue No 28 9-15 July 2010
Contractors submit second round of prices -
Bids in for Yadavaran oilfield development
Issue No 28 9-15 July 2010
Sinopec extends construction deadline for first phase -
Iraq agrees Shell South Gas deal
Issue No 28 9-15 July 2010
Final deal yet to be signed -
Iraq oil exports up 1.4 per cent in May
5 July 2010, 12:07 GMT
Total revenues in 2010 reach $21.6bn -
Rumaila legal challenger fails to raise cash
1 July 2010, 15:34 GMT
July deadline set for plaintiff to raise $250,000 for consultants -
Korean firm frontrunner for Bahrain wastewater plant
1 July 2010, 15:10 GMT
Plant will treat wastewater from Sitra refinery -
Bids in for Oman petrochemicals design work
1 July 2010, 14:39 GMT
Delayed deal receives two bids -
ConocoPhillips’ withdrawal from the Gulf raises concerns for other oil and gas firms
Issue No 27 2 - 8 July 2010
ConocoPhillips’ withdrawal from the Gulf could affect the future direction of the oil and gas sector, as local and international firms may be wary of striking up new partnerships -
Gulf states step up oil and gas investments
Issue No 27 2 - 8 July 2010
Regional governments are investing heavily to boost hydrocarbons output.The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region produced 36.2 million barrels a day (b/d) of oil in 2008 – 44 per cent of total world production of 81.8 million b/d, according to the UK’s BP. -
Tripoli scales back oil ambitions
Issue No 27 2 - 8 July 2010
Poor results and the complexities of doing business in Libya is slowing exploration activity but foreign investors hope a new oil law will put things back on track -
Contractors wait for decision on fourth refinery
28 June 2010, 15:45 GMT
Mid-August timetable for verdict looks unlikely -
Iran announces new gas discovery
27 June 2010, 13:55 GMT
The discovery is the second inside a week for National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) -
Hydrocarbon money fuels diversification projects in Qatar
Supplement: Middle East Economic Review 2010
Despite doubts about the prices it will find for its liquefied natural gas, the outlook appears bright for Qatar as its growing hydrocarbons economy delivers a war chest to invest in diversification projects -
Hydrocarbon money fuels diversification projects in Qatar
Supplement: Middle East Economic Review 2010
Despite doubts about the prices it will find for its liquefied natural gas, the outlook appears bright for Qatar as its growing hydrocarbons economy delivers a war chest to invest in diversification projects -
Rapid development is vital to Iraq
Supplement: Middle East Economic Review 2010
Political and internal stability will depend on Baghdad’s ability to increase oil exports to pay for reconstruction and on its ability to distribute the revenues around the country -
Rapid development is vital to Iraq
Supplement: Middle East Economic Review 2010
Political and internal stability will depend on Baghdad’s ability to increase oil exports to pay for reconstruction and on its ability to distribute the revenues around the country -
Interview: Ahmad Aweideh, chief executive, Palestine Securities Exchange
Issue No 26 25-1 July 2010
With trading restricted by unstable politics, Palestine’s stock exchange has benefited from one of the most liberal regulatory frameworks in the region -
Sinopec running late on Yadavaran oilfield development
17 June 2010, 14:28 GMT
Scheduled completion by 2016 looks doubtful -
Kuwait tenders oil facility fire systems
17 June 2010, 12:12 GMT
State-refiner wants to upgrade fire detection and prevention systems -
Shell’s Iraq south gas deal back on the table
Issue No 25 18-24 June 2010
Deal could unlock Iraq’s petrochemicals potential -
Tehran's isolation grows: How sanctions are hurting Iran's oil industry
16 June 2010, 0:00 GMT
Iran’s oil production will continue to fall without foreign investment and imported technology -
Daelim wins Kuwait refinery deal
15 June 2010, 12:58 GMT
South Korean firm awarded retendered deal after three months of talks -
Local firm bids low for $132m Kuwait pipeline deal
10 June 2010, 12:35 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company is developing pipelines in the north of the country -
Kuwait approves creation of joint stock refineries
8 June 2010, 14:24 GMT
Parliamentary committee endorses bill -
Sinopec draws close to Iran Yadavaran oilfield engineering deal
Issue No 24 11-17 June 2010
Chinese energy firm in talks with bidders -
ABB wins Kuwait pipelines deal
7 June 2010, 12:56 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company awards $155m project to boost oil transfer facilities -
Bids in for Kuwait southeast pipelines deal
6 June 2010, 15:43 GMT
Local Combined Group Contracting Company submits low bid -
Qatar seeks interest in construction deals for gas recovery scheme
3 June 2010, 13:18 GMT
Eight construction deals available -
Talks continue over Kuwait Mina al-Ahmadi refinery deal
3 June 2010, 10:15 GMT
Decision on refinery expected in next two weeks -
Foster Wheeler wins Iraq refinery Feed
3 June 2010, 8:48 GMT
New refinery planned for Nassiriyah -
Technical panel approves Kuwait Al-Zour Refinery
3 June 2010, 6:29 GMT
Supreme Petroleum Council yet to make decision -
Transglobe Energy tests oil in Egypt Western Desert
2 June 2010, 11:03 GMT
Canadian firm strikes oil in East Ghazalat Concession -
Comment Kuwait getting closer to a fourth refinery
June 2010 Online Content
Plans for Al-Zour refinery awaiting SPC approval -
More delays for Kuwait’s heavy oil tender
31 May 2010, 12:55 GMT
Prequalification deadline extended to late June -
Iran awards South Pars gas deal to Revolutionary Guards
30 May 2010, 12:41 GMT
After years of stalling decisions, Shell and Repsol are removed from deal -
Bahrain delays decision on Sitra oil export facility
27 May 2010, 14:20 GMT
Final decision still pending after no agreement made at April shareholder meeting -
Weatherford wins Gharraf oil field Feed
26 May 2010, 14:48 GMT
Petronas awards first contract for field -
Iran puts Abadan refinery upgrade on hold
26 May 2010, 11:54 GMT
National Iranian Oil Engineering & Construction Company (NIOEC) is negotiating with local banks -
Syria in talks with Saipem for Iraq-Syria pipelines
26 May 2010, 9:11 GMT
Damascus plans to import oil and gas from Iraq -
Chemanol
Issue No 22 28 May - 3 June 2010
The company can look forward to a profitable future by producing its own feedstock -
Chemanol: MEED Assessment
Issue No 22 28 May - 3 June 2010
With earnings rising steeply, Chemanol’s strategy of feedstock integration bodes well for its future profitability -
Syrian refining plans in doubt
Issue No 22 28 May - 3 June 2010
Estimated $4bn plus Al-Faraqlus refinery lacking finance -
Two bidders shortlisted for Assaluyeh methanol plant
Issue No 22 28 May - 3 June 2010
Iran-Venezuela joint venture will award contract in September -
Iraq crude oil exports down 1.4 per cent in April
24 May 2010, 14:18 GMT
Total oil revenues in first five months exceed expectations -
Iraq signs final oilfield license
Issue No 21 21 - 27 May 2010
China’s Sinochem replaced by Turkish firm -
Tecnimont bids low for Kuwait acid-gas facility
Issue No 21 21 - 27 May 2010
Facility will be built at the Mina al-Ahmadi refinery -
Inadequate investment slowing progress on Iran joint oil fields
16 May 2010, 14:46 GMT
Oil minister to face questions from state energy committee -
Delays continue for Kuwait flowlines tender
16 May 2010, 14:05 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company is developing $85m of pipelines in the southeast of the country -
Stuttering start for Qatar petrochemicals projects
16 May 2010, 0:00 GMT
One scheme is moving ahead, others are on hold -
Petrofac bids low for Kuwait effluent water injection deal
13 May 2010, 12:19 GMT
Bids in for retendered oil deal worth around $750m -
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company asks for bid bond extension
13 May 2010, 9:01 GMT
Contractors concerned bottling plant deal could see further delays -
Kuwait in talks with majors over heavy oil
12 May 2010, 12:46 GMT
International oil company involvement crucial, but talks will be difficult -
Qatar prequalifies four groups for onshore Barzan deal
Issue No 20 14 - 20 May 2010
Technical proposals are due to be submitted in August -
Tecnicas Reunidas wins Ras Laffan hydrotreater contract
Issue No 20 14 - 20 May 2010
Doha plans to double the refining capacity at Ras Laffan -
Iran issues South Pars ultimatum
11 May 2010, 11:30 GMT
Foreign firms face being replaced after years of talks -
Air Liquide wins Qatar helium deal
10 May 2010, 9:53 GMT
French firm secures $200m deal to build new helium extraction plant at Ras Laffan -
Iraq sets September date for third gas auction
9 May 2010, 14:33 GMT
Oil Ministry to tender Akkas, Mansouriya and Siba gas fields -
Kuwait delays heavy oil tender
9 May 2010, 14:33 GMT
Prequalification deadline pushed back by a month -
Arabi Enertech bids low for Kuwait Jurassic pipelines contract
6 May 2010, 14:02 GMT
Six firms participated in Kuwait Oil Company tender -
NPCC wins Qatar South field platform deal
6 May 2010, 13:57 GMT
UAE contractor wins final contract for South Field development -
Gulf petrochemicals producers see recovery in sight
Issue No 19 7 - 13 May 2010
Increased sales volumes have delivered increased profits for Gulf petrochemicals producers, but their capacity additions will dent global supply/demand balance this year -
Prequalification starts for Qatar petrochemicals complex
Issue No 19 7 - 13 May 2010
Ras Laffan complex is the only petrochemicals project in Qatar likely to move ahead in 2010 -
Taking the lead in capacity building
Issue No 19 7 - 13 May 2010
Despite a recent dip in demand, the region’s investment in fertiliser capacity is based on a long-term positive projection for the industry -
Syria refining plans in doubt
May 2010 Online Content
Downstream overhaul is needed but investors are wary -
Court orders plaintiff to pay costs in Rumaila case
29 April 2010, 13:34 GMT
Case challenges the legality of Iraq’s Rumaila oil contract -
Honam quits Qatar petrochemicals joint venture
28 April 2010, 8:00 GMT
South Korean firm will strengthen production at home -
Iraq crude oil exports down 1.4 per cent in March
28 April 2010, 8:00 GMT
Revenues increase 3.6 per cent on higher crude prices -
Hyundai bids low for Kuwait pipeline deal
Issue No 18 30 April - 6 May 2010
Pipelines from Mina al-Ahmadi refinery to power plants -
Kuwait in talks with Daelim over $885m Mina al-Ahmadi refinery deal
Issue No 18 30 April - 6 May 2010
State-refiner in direct negotiations with low bidder Daelim -
Kuwait to decide on Al-Zour refinery in May
Issue No 18 30 April - 6 May 2010
Contractors awaiting Supreme Petroleum Council decision -
Qatar tenders Barzan gas offshore deals
Issue No 18 30 April - 6 May 2010
Onshore portion of $1.7bn deal still in prequalification -
Nabucco issues May prequalification deadline for gas pipeline
27 April 2010, 14:28 GMT
Tender for cross-regional pipeline supplies estimated at $4.7bn -
Kuwait approves ABB pipeline proposal
26 April 2010, 10:13 GMT
The $167m award involves construction of a cross-country crude oil pipeline -
Iraq agrees Majnoon oilfield development plan
26 April 2010, 10:12 GMT
New wells and processing facilities to be tendered -
Total seeks expanded role in Iraq
26 April 2010, 10:12 GMT
French firm aims to increase stake in Halfaya field -
Kuwait sets new deadline for $2bn pipelines contract
25 April 2010, 13:18 GMT
State oil company delays submissions by one more week -
Delays continue for Kuwait Jurassic flowlines tender
21 April 2010, 14:18 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company pushes back pipeline deal again -
Baghdad and Kurdistan discuss oil dispute
Issue No 17 23 - 29 April 2010
Final agreement on exports and payments unlikely until new Iraqi government is formed -
OlayanDescon wins Jubail chemical terminal deal
Issue No 17 23 - 29 April 2010
First deal for local/Pakistan joint venture in the Kingdom -
Time for a gas Opec?
Issue No 17 23 - 29 April 2010
Falling gas prices have revived interest in a gas producers association -
Fluor wins Qatar gas recovery deal
18 April 2010, 14:53 GMT
Delayed jetty boil-off scheme moves ahead -
Iraq cuts signature bonuses for two oil field deals
18 April 2010, 14:52 GMT
Oil Ministry cuts bonuses for West Qurna-1 and Zubair fields -
Gulf Projects 14 April 2010: Index down 0.6 per cent
18 April 2010, 14:01 GMT
The MEED Projects index fell 0.6 per cent in the week to 14 April. -
Partners seek extension for $10bn Shah management deals
15 April 2010, 14:07 GMT
Adnoc and ConocoPhillips ask project management bidders to push back bid validity to the end of April -
Iraq establishes new state oil company
15 April 2010, 14:01 GMT
Midland Oil Company will have working capital of $85m -
Iran calls for domestic gas price hike
15 April 2010, 13:59 GMT
Oil ministry want ten-fold increase in prices -
Iraq plans new gas licensing bid round
15 April 2010, 13:49 GMT
Akkas, Mansuriyah and Siba fields to be auctioned by the end of 2010 -
Iran still able to find gasoline supplies despite Russian exit
15 April 2010, 10:46 GMT
Lukoil joins a growing list of energy companies that have quit Iran -
Hill International wins Egypt gas consultancy contract
14 April 2010, 14:43 GMT
Firm to manage planned gas compressor in Dashur -
Qatar begins prequalification for Barzan
14 April 2010, 14:42 GMT
Delayed gas scheme to be tendered by June -
Shell’s Kuwait gas deal worth $800m
14 April 2010, 9:18 GMT
Shell is the first oil major to sign enhanced services deal in Kuwait -
Iran moves ahead with privatisation plans
14 April 2010, 9:10 GMT
Includes refineries and petrochemicals -
Kuwait extends acid-gas facility deadline again
11 April 2010, 14:09 GMT
May deadline set for commercial bids on Mina al-Ahmadi scheme -
Abu Dhabi starts first enhanced oil recovery project
8 April 2010, 13:50 GMT
Carbon dioxide supplied by Praxair Gulf Industrial Gases -
South Koreans complete Kuwait oil gathering centre ahead of schedule
7 April 2010, 15:05 GMT
SK Engineering & Construction completes job six months ahead -
Petrofac preparing to tender Qatar gas sweetening civil works
7 April 2010, 13:29 GMT
Qatar Petroleum projects are at Mesaieed and Dukhan -
Breaking the political deadlock in Iraq
Issue No 15 9-15 April 2010
Political stalemate means Iraq’s reconstruction will be slower than expected -
Kuwait delays Al-Zour refinery decision
Issue No 15 9-15 April 2010
Kuwait National Petroleum Company to reassess fourth refinery costs -
Samsung wins $434m Kuwait oil security contract
5 April 2010, 9:32 GMT
South Korean firm seals Kuwait Oil Company deal -
Iraq delays Rumaila oil field court decision to end of April
1 April 2010, 15:27 GMT
Case challenges legality of Rumaila contract -
Qatar plans $12bn in petrochemicals investments
1 April 2010, 14:01 GMT
Petrochemical output to rise to 30 million tonnes a year -
Barzan gas gets moving
April 2010 Online Content
Scheme will keep contractors busy for at least five years -
Partners award $500m Rumaila oil drilling contracts in Iraq
31 March 2010, 16:27 GMT
49 new wells at Rumaila field to boost production -
Kuwait tenders $85m pipelines contract
Issue No 14 2-8 April 2010
The $85m Kuwait Oil Company contract involves building a series of crude oil pipelines -
Kuwait plans $2bn heavy oil construction tender
Issue No 14 2-8 April 2010
Kuwait moves ahead with plan to produce crude from northern fields -
National Petroleum Construction wins $62m Qatar pipelines deal
Issue No 14 2-8 April 2010
Deal is part of third-phase upgrade of Occidental Petroleum’s Idd al-Shargi North Dome field -
Petrofac wins $650m Qatar gas sweetening deal
Issue No 14 2-8 April 2010
Delayed Dukhan and Mesaieed gas deal to move ahead -
Iraq elections will not derail oilfield development
29 March 2010, 15:00 GMT
Industry digests the prospects of a win by Ayad Allawi’s party -
Iraqi court to decide on Rumaila oil deal in April
29 March 2010, 7:48 GMT
Ministry of Oil to reply to challenge on legality of oil deal on 29 March -
Iraq daily crude oil exports up 7 per cent in February
25 March 2010, 13:44 GMT
Total exports down 3 per cent -
Bahrain to decide on Sitra oil export facility in April
25 March 2010, 13:19 GMT
Final investment decision for $150m deal on 6 April -
Local firms bid low on Kuwait Oil maintenance deals
24 March 2010, 16:02 GMT
Deals are worth a total of $333m -
Qatar Pearl GTL construction to be completed by 2011
24 March 2010, 5:58 GMT
$18bn plus project nearing completion -
Qatar reviews Ras Laffan refinery contract
23 March 2010, 13:55 GMT
$350m unit lacks hydrogen feedstock -
Qatar Petroleum cuts down gas upgrade bidders to two
Issue No 13 26 March - 1 April 2010
State firm will award contract for Dukhan and Mesaieed facilities by early April -
Contractors get more time on $2bn pipelines contract in Kuwait
Issue No 13 26 March - 1 April 2010
Kuwait Oil Company wants to build pipelines connecting Mina al-Ahmadi refinery with power plants -
Egypt to tender ammonia plant construction deal
Issue No 13 26 March - 1 April 2010
$300m deal to be awarded by the end of 2010 -
Qatar may delay Ras Laffan gas recovery award
22 March 2010, 6:52 GMT
Qatargas is reviewing the project’s feasibility because of costs involved -
Galfar frontrunner for Qatar pipelines deal
18 March 2010, 13:05 GMT
Qatar Petroleum deal worth $100m deal -
Kuwait extends acid-gas facility deadline
18 March 2010, 12:42 GMT
April deadline set for commercial bids on Mina al-Ahmadi scheme -
Imco bids low for Kuwait’s Shuaiba refinery maintenance
18 March 2010, 12:07 GMT
The contract is for Kuwait National Petroleum Company -
Qatar completes expansion of Al-Shaheen oilfield
18 March 2010, 5:56 GMT
$6.2bn project with Maersk Oil set for inauguration -
Qatar extends Mesaieed gas pipelines tender by two weeks
18 March 2010, 5:55 GMT
$80m Qatar Petroleum deal to back up gas supplies to Qatalum and Mesaieed Power Corporation -
Bids in for Alexandria petrochemicals complex
17 March 2010, 13:04 GMT
Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company moves ahead with $2bn cracker scheme -
China now largest investor in Iraq oil and gas
17 March 2010, 12:38 GMT
Chinese companies have access to 18 per cent of Iraq’s reserves -
Qatar begins tendering Barzan gas scheme
17 March 2010, 7:37 GMT
Qatar Petroleum invites firms to bid for enabling works -
Kuwait extends Jurassic flowlines tender
15 March 2010, 12:06 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company pushes back delayed pipeline deal again -
Daelim frontrunner for Kuwait Mina al-Ahmadi refinery deal
11 March 2010, 14:26 GMT
South Korean firm out front after low bid of $888m for fractionating column -
Crude oil prices rise above $80 a barrel
11 March 2010, 14:23 GMT
Increase comes despite six weeks of rising US crude inventories -
Hungarian group makes Kurdistan oil and gas find
11 March 2010, 8:51 GMT
Hungarian group MOL makes discovery in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region -
Contractors seek extension for Kuwait pipelines deal
10 March 2010, 14:03 GMT
Kuwait Oil Company decision pending -
Chinese consortium signs Iraq Missan oilfield deal
10 March 2010, 6:23 GMT
China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Sinochem win Iraq oil contract -
Riyadh slashes wheat output
Issue No 11 12-18 March 2010
Saudi farmers are leaving wheat cultivation faster than anticipated under a plan to save water -
Riyadh slashes wheat output
Issue No 11 12-18 March 2010
Saudi farmers are leaving wheat cultivation faster than anticipated under a plan to save water -
Iranian parliament approves Ahmadinejad's budget
9 March 2010, 14:16 GMT
Tehran’s plan includes cuts to energy and food subsidies -
Larsen & Toubro frontrunner for Kuwait gas bottling deal
9 March 2010, 14:10 GMT
The $100m facility is for Kuwait Oil Tanker Company -
Qatar nears Ras Laffan gas recovery scheme award
8 March 2010, 11:05 GMT
The $1bn Ras Laffan contract still to be awarded -
Qatar to award Dukhan and Mesaieed gas upgrades in April
8 March 2010, 11:05 GMT
Technip emerges as frontrunner following February talks with QP -
Dana Gas makes new Egypt gas finds
7 March 2010, 14:28 GMT
Dana Gas discovers gas in Nile Delta -
Iraq oil exports increase in February
4 March 2010, 15:46 GMT
Ministry sets production rates for licensed fields -
Baghdad negotiates with consultant to develop oil sector
4 March 2010, 14:27 GMT
World Bank to provide financing and technical supervision for project -
Abu Dhabi finalises Ruwais refinery expansion deals
3 March 2010, 12:35 GMT
Takreer signs $9.6bn packages with four South Korean firms -
Iraq stalls Shell's southern gas project
2 March 2010, 11:22 GMT
Confusion over controversial project talks -
Turkish firm wins Iraq drilling deal
2 March 2010, 9:24 GMT
The contract is to drill 45 wells in Rumaila -
Bids in for Kuwait's retendered Mina al-Ahmadi gas deal
Issue No 10 5-11 March 2010
Firms to compete for $700m contract for gas fractioning column -
Qatargas evaluates bids for Ras Laffan shutdown
Issue No 10 5-11 March 2010
Facilities maintenance contract to be awarded by mid-March -
Iraq to develop Nasiriyah oilfield alone
1 March 2010, 13:15 GMT
Talks with Japanese-led consortium fails -
Consortium wins Ras Laffan gas deal
28 February 2010, 13:31 GMT
$1bn Plateau Maintenance Project to ensure stable gas production until 2030 -
Qatar’s RasGas boosts gas production
25 February 2010, 17:06 GMT
Facility increases output to 36 million tonnes a year -
Qatar puts Al-Shaheen refinery project on hold
25 February 2010, 17:02 GMT
Planned Mesaieed scheme was set to process heavy crude -
Iran and Qatar to study shared gas field
25 February 2010, 16:05 GMT
Tehran oil minister holds talks with Doha delegation -
Qatar and ExxonMobil start production at Al-Khaleej gas scheme
24 February 2010, 11:51 GMT
Project to supply domestic market -
QP to float Barzan gas recovery tender by June
Issue No 9 26 February - 4 March 2010
Contractors await details of $1.7bn contract -
Iran gas imports drop 26 per cent
23 February 2010, 16:25 GMT
Tehran increases exports to Turkey -
Baghdad rules out more oil and gas auctions
22 February 2010, 15:17 GMT
Baghdad plans to boost production capacity to 12 million barrels a day -
Iran awards $230m oilfield development contract
21 February 2010, 11:04 GMT
Global Petro Tech Kish Company wins contract for Azar and Band-Karkheh fields -
Bids in for Dukhan and Mesaieed upgrade retender
Issue No 8 19-25 February 2010
Contract award is expected in March -
Iraq to return as dominant player in the energy sector
Issue No 8 19-25 February 2010
If its oil production targets are met, Iraq will be challenging Saudi Arabia’s might within a decade -
Oil majors begin talks with firms over Iraqi deals
Issue No 8 19-25 February 2010
Baghdad to award engineering, procurement and construction contracts in 2010 -
Qatargas delays the award of Ras Laffan gas recovery scheme
Issue No 8 19-25 February 2010
Decision on implementing $1bn contract is still pending -
Iraq to use Argus benchmark for oil exports to US
16 February 2010, 12:56 GMT
Baghdad to implement new crude pricing formula in April -
UK firm and partners to deliver North Shadwan oil in June
15 February 2010, 17:33 GMT
Three companies to produce up to 3,000 barrels a day from offshore fields -
Iran announces oil and gas field finds
14 February 2010, 9:31 GMT
Halegan and Somar fields -
Iraq crude pipeline hit by blast
11 February 2010, 8:13 GMT
Production at Dora refinery cut -
Baghdad approves resumption of Kurdistan oil exports
10 February 2010, 11:49 GMT
Exports unconnected to disputed oil contracts -
Contractors to resubmit bids for Dukhan and Mesaieed upgrades
Issue No 7 12-18 February 2010
Final submissions now due by 14 February -
CPC
Issue No 7 12-18 February 2010
Construction Products Holding Company has integrated itself into the construction supply chain -
CPC: MEED Assessment
Issue No 7 12-18 February 2010
Construction Products Holding Company’s one-stop shop approach in Saudi Arabia allows it to offer competitive pricing -
Q&A: Faysal Alaquil, Director of Business Development, CPC
Issue No 7 12-18 February 2010
Construction Products Holding Company is part owned by Saudi Binladin Group and used its ‘one-stop shop’ concept to expand across the Middle East -
Qatar’s peaking energy market
Issue No 7 12-18 February 2010
The market is about to get tougher for contractors as a wealth of schemes come to completion -
Iran's Kish gas field development signed
7 February 2010, 9:08 GMT
Local consortium wins $10bn contract -
Kurdistan to increase oil production
3 February 2010, 17:44 GMT
Iraqi region aims to hit 1 million barrels a day by 2013 -
Doha develops liquefied assets
Issue No 6 5-11 February 2010
Doha plans to double its liquefied petroleum gas production in the next two years and is seeking to develop fresh markets for the fuel in the Far East -
Iraq completes final deal in second licensing round
2 February 2010, 17:53 GMT
Baghdad signs West Qurna 2 field contract with Lukoil and Statoil -
Ezz Steel
2 February 2010, 7:18 GMT
Having dominated the Egyptian market, the firm plans to spread its influence across North Africa. -
Doha delays decision on North field moratorium
Issue No 5 29 January - 4 February 2010
State extends hold on projects until 2015 to conduct technical studies -
Doha to award $1.7bn deals for Barzan gas field in 2010
26 January 2010, 17:04 GMT
Ten firms express interest in four engineering, procurement and construction contracts -
Qatari Pearl gas-to-liquids plant to open in 2011
26 January 2010, 16:47 GMT
Shell estimates project cost up to $19bn -
Qatar Petroleum pushes for lower prices on Dukhan and Mesaieed upgrades
24 January 2010, 13:56 GMT
Four bidders in talks for the estimated $1bn contract -
Trade strengthens political alliance between Riyadh and Washington
Issue No 4 22-28 January 2009
Saudi Arabia’s long-standing relationship with the US has been fraught with differences in recent years, but strong economic ties are bolstering the fragile diplomatic alliance -
Riyadh looks to the long term
Issue No 3 15-21 January 2010
The Oil Ministry plans to double the country’s refining capacity by 2015 in a bid to become the supplier of choice for the booming economies of Asia -
Tehran refines its options
Issue No 3 15-21 January 2010
As the US government makes plans to impose petrol sanctions on Iran, the Islamic republic is casting about for ways to increase its refining capacity -
Maaden: MEED Assessment
31 December 2009, 10:37 GMT
Saudi Arabian Mining Company’s spending power has been diminished by the financial crisis, making it harder to raise finance -
Maaden
31 December 2009, 10:00 GMT
Saudi Arabian Mining Company is expanding its activities by developing fertiliser and aluminium plants -
Tehran counts the cost of defiance
29 December 2009, 0:00 GMT
Iran’s hopes of developing a liquefied natural gas industry capable of producing 69.7 million tonnes a year could be derailed by US plans to increase sanctions against the Islamic Republic -
Riyadh and Beijing: A relationship of convenience
Issue no 51 18-24 December 2009
Riyadh and Beijing may not be natural bedfellows, but since establishing diplomatic relations a decade ago, they have developed a strong alliance based on trade and oil -
Political impasse in Kuwait constricts gas flow
Issue No 49 4-10 December 2009
Kuwait has become the first country in the Gulf to import liquefied natural gas as slow decision-making restricts development of its own reserves -
The MEED List: Gulf masterplanning
26 November 2009, 15:54 GMT
Six key designers and engineers behind the region’s future cities, towns and landscapes are Eric Kuhne, Gordon Affleck, Rem Koolhaas, Marc Stringa, Geoffrey Sanderson and Richard Smith -
Kurdish region forges ahead in petrochemicals sector
26 November 2009, 15:10 GMT
While the rebuilding of Iraq’s petrochemicals industry remains at an early stage, the Kurdistan Regional Government is pressing ahead with plans to build a hub for the sector -
Riyadh expands its petrochemicals product base
26 November 2009, 14:54 GMT
Two petrochemicals plants planned for Jubail and Yanbu will enable Saudi Basic Industries Corporation to produce more complex products and aid the kingdom’s economic diversification -
Eric Kuhne
Issue No 48 27 November - 3 December 2009
Eric Kuhne is founder, CivicArts/Eric R Kuhne & Associates -
Geoffrey Sanderson
Issue No 48 27 November - 3 December 2009
Geoffrey Sanderson is principal, Green Concepts -
Gordon Affleck
Issue No 48 27 November - 3 December 2009
A key figure behind the region’s future cities, towns and landscapes -
Marc Stringa
Issue No 48 27 November - 3 December 2009
Marc Stringa,design principal, Edaw -
Petrochemicals producers wait for recovery
Issue No 48 27 November - 3 December 2009
Growing competition from China and reduced demand following the global economic downturn is hitting the profits of Gulf petrochemicals firms -
Rem Koolhaas
Issue No 48 27 November - 3 December 2009
Rem Koolhaas, founder, Office for Metropolitan Architecture -
Richard Smith
Issue No 48 27 November - 3 December 2009
Richard Smith, technical director, Atkins -
Oman Cement Company
Issue No 46 13-19 November 2009
The firm is growing its profits and expanding capacity despite the downturn and increasing competition -
Oman Cement Company: MEED Assessment
Issue No 46 13-19 November 2009
The firm is growing its profits and expanding capacity despite the downturn and increasing competition -
Construction prices offer window of opportunity in oil and gas sector
Issue No 44 30 October - 5 November 2009
Clients are considering restarting stalled schemes to take advantage of falling constructioncosts, but must now re-evaluate their business plans in the post-boom economic environment -
Sipchem
Issue No 43 23-29 October 2009
Saudi International Petrochemical Company is having to find ways around feedstock shortages to expand -
Sipchem: MEED Assessment
Issue No 43 23-29 October 2009
Ongoing economic slowdown has softened demand in key markets, and resulted in lower profits for Saudi petrochemical producers -
Khalifa Abdullah al-Suwaidi
Issue No 41 9-15 October 2009
A key figure in the region’s fertiliser sector -
Michael Hogan
Issue No 41 9-15 October 2009
A key figure in the region’s fertiliser sector -
Middle East fertilisers
Issue No 41 9-15 October 2009
The six key figures in the region’s fertiliser sector are: Mohamed al-Mady, Khalifa Abdullah al-Suwaidi, Mostafa Terrab, Nassef Sawiris, Michael Hogan and Walid Kurdi -
Mostafa Terrab
Issue No 41 9-15 October 2009
A key figure in the region’s fertiliser sector -
Nassef Sawiris
Issue No 41 9-15 October 2009
A key figure in the region’s fertiliser sector -
Strained relations begin to ease between Riyadh and Damascus
Issue No 41 9-15 October 2009
The pivotal relationship between Saudi Arabia and Syria has been poor over the past four years, but King Abdullah’s visit to Damascus may signal the start of an improvement -
Walid Kurdi
Issue No 41 9-15 October 2009
A key figure in the region’s fertiliser sector -
Slowdown forces change of plan in Dubai commercial property
Issue No 40 2-8 October 2009
With Dubai facing oversupply in commercial real estate following the collapse in the sector, developers are looking at converting towers that were designed for office use into short-term rental apartments -
Dana Gas
Issue No 39 25 September - 1 October 2009
The UAE company is focused on increasing production despite disputes with Baghdad and Tehran -
Dana Gas: MEED Assessment
Issue No 39 25 September - 1 October 2009
The company’s strong financial results for 2009 show it is well placed to continue acquiring existing gas projects and industries across the Gulf -
Common defence policy proves elusive for Gulf states
Issue No 38 18 - 24 September 2009
While the GCC states are spending ever increasing amounts on developing their own armies, they have yet to forge a credible joint defence force -
Gas: Struggling to realise its potential
Issue No 37 11 - 17 September 2009
Middle East gas producers must tackle the region’s reliance on associated gas and the legacy of subsidising domestic consumers if they are the make the most of their reserves -
Iraqi gas: Addressing the hurdles to progress
Issue No 37 11 - 17 September 2009
While Iraq rebuilds itself in the post Saddam era, political infighting continues to hamper its gas sector and undermine hopes of developing a rich stream of export revenues -
Iraqi gas: Addressing the hurdles to progress
Issue No 37 11 - 17 September 2009
While Iraq rebuilds itself in the post Saddam era, political infighting continues to hamper its gas sector and undermine hopes of developing a rich stream of export revenues -
Andrew Shaw
Issue No 36 4 - 10 September 2009
A top executive driving growth in the region’s energy cable sector -
Hesham Helal el-Sewedy
Issue No 36 4 - 10 September 2009
A top executive driving growth in the region’s energy cable sector -
Hikmat Saaduddin al-Zaim
Issue No 36 4 - 10 September 2009
A top executive driving growth in the region’s energy cable sector -
Hussain Salman al-Lawati
Issue No 36 4 - 10 September 2009
A top executive driving growth in the region’s energy cable sector -
Khaled Alireza
Issue No 36 4 - 10 September 2009
A top executive driving growth in the region’s energy cable sector -
Middle East cables
Issue No 36 4 - 10 September 2009
The top six executives driving growth in the region’s energy cable sector are: Andrew Shaw, Hussain Salman al-Lawati, Khaled Alireza, Hikmat Saaduddin al-Zaim, Sadek el-Sewedy and Hesham Helal el-Sewedy. -
Sadek el-Sewedy
Issue No 36 4 - 10 September 2009
A top executive driving growth in the region’s energy cable sector -
Abu Qir Fertiliser Company
Issue No 34 21 - 27 August 2009
The Egyptian producer is hoping the government will push through reforms to liberalise the sector. -
Abu Qir Fertiliser Company: MEED Assessment
Issue No 34 21 - 27 August 2009
The outlook for the fertiliser industry in the Middle East and North Africa remains positive -
Gulf cable sector enters slow period
Issue No 34 21 - 27 August 2009
Gulf manufacturers face falling demand for the next two years before sales begin to pick up -
Gulf cable sector enters slow period
Issue No 34 21 - 27 August 2009
Gulf manufacturers face falling demand for the next two years before sales begin to pick up -
Iraqi spending plans take a hit
Issue No 34 21 - 27 August 2009
Rebuilding Iraq’s infrastructure is a pressing concern for the Iraqi government, but with a projected budget deficit of $16bn for 2009, it will be forced to prioritise. -
Iraqi spending plans take a hit
Issue No 34 21 - 27 August 2009
Rebuilding Iraq’s infrastructure is a pressing concern for the Iraqi government, but with a projected budget deficit of $16bn for 2009, it will be forced to prioritise. -
Port operators press ahead with expansion
7 August 2009, 12:36 GMT
Despite a drop in trade, Middle East ports have been less affected by the global financial crisis than many of their peers, with planned increases in capacity in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq set to continue. -
Fluctuating oil price dents recovery for Gulf petrochemicals producers
23 July 2009, 12:40 GMT
Despite rising demand for petrochemicals products in Asia, falling crude prices are hitting producers’ profits. -
Fluctuating oil price dents recovery for Gulf petrochemicals producers
23 July 2009, 12:40 GMT
Despite rising demand for petrochemicals products in Asia, falling crude prices are hitting producers’ profits. -
Election sparks hopes of construction revival in Lebanon
16 July 2009, 16:29 GMT
The newly appointed government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri is bringing hope of fresh work for contractors, with much rebuilding still to be done after the 2006 conflict with Israel. -
The first signs of a construction revival in Gulf
16 July 2009, 16:00 GMT
While the value of contracts awarded in the Gulf in the first half of the year is down from 2008, tenders on a series of state-backed projects are lifting the gloom. -
A vote of confidence in Lebanese real estate sector
9 July 2009, 17:09 GMT
Following the election of a new president in June and strong profit growth in 2008, optimism in Lebanon's real estate sector is growing. -
Saudi Aramco waits for demand to return
26 June 2009, 18:09 GMT
Having worked hard over the past five years to increase its oil production capacity to 12.5 million barrels a day, Saudi Aramco is holding back on raising output while the market remains subdued. -
National Oil Company Survey: Qatar Petroleum
22 June 2009, 14:19 GMT
Unlike many national oil companies, Qatar Petroleum (QP) has actively sought partnerships with international oil majors, hoping to take advantage of their experience to maximise the efficiency of its operations. -
National Oil Company Survey: Petroleum Development Oman
19 June 2009, 21:37 GMT
After a decade of declining oil production, Oman has defied analysts by increasing output for the first time since 2001. -
National Oil Company Survey: Egypt General Petroleum Corporation
19 June 2009, 21:01 GMT
As always, it has been a busy year for Egypt's state-run energy firms: Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (Egas) and Ganoub el-Wadi Holding Petroleum Company (Ganope). -
National Oil Company Survery: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
19 June 2009, 20:44 GMT
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) is one of the most active state energy firms in the region, with plans for more than $28bn worth of oil and gas-related projects due to be awarded in 2009 and the first quarter of 2010, according to Gulf projects tracker MEED Projects. -
Gulf takes on industry heavyweights with aluminium
12 June 2009, 16:12 GMT
The Middle East is catching up with the US and Europe in aluminium production as regional governments invest in all areas of the sector, from bauxite mining to smelters and refineries. -
Driving up Omani oil and gas production
4 June 2009, 18:30 GMT
By pioneering the use of advances in oil recovery techniques and opening exploration of three new gas concessions, Oman is on course to raise production levels for the first time since 2001. -
Sohar grows its economic zone
4 June 2009, 17:52 GMT
Despite the global economic slowdown, the special economic zone surrounding the Port of Sohar is proving a highly popular location for downstream industry. -
Omani reserves fund future spending
4 June 2009, 17:44 GMT
With its neighbours showing signs of fatigue during the economic slowdown, Oman is continuing its public spending plans by running a small deficit in 2009. -
Omani reserves fund future spending
4 June 2009, 17:44 GMT
With its neighbours showing signs of fatigue during the economic slowdown, Oman is continuing its public spending plans by running a small deficit in 2009. -
A boost to small businesses in the emirates
28 May 2009, 20:40 GMT
Having put industry at the heart of its economy, the northern emirate is now setting up seven special zones to attract small and medium-sized enterprises. -
Car makers move into the Gulf
21 May 2009, 18:25 GMT
The opening of the UAE's first vehicle assembly plant highlights the region's increasing interest in the sector. -
Tehran gas sector will need Western help
8 May 2009, 17:13 GMT
Western collaboration will be vital to the future development of the Islamic Republic's gas sector. -
Sanctions blunt Tehran's pretrochemicals ambitions
7 May 2009, 16:27 GMT
Iran is increasingly turning to Asia for the investment it needs to become the region's dominant petrochemicals producer, but is unlikely to achieve its aims in the medium term. -
Gulf producers target more lucrative markets
7 May 2009, 16:21 GMT
Despite investing billions of dollars in new production capacity, the Gulf's petrochemicals industry is suffering from a shortage of supply as firms choose to sell at a higher price elsewhere. -
Morocco mining
30 April 2009, 18:05 GMT
The six leading figures in Morocco’s mining sector: Mostafa Terrab, Abdellaziz Abarro, Amina Benkhadra, Driss Traki, Wayne Bramwell and Hamid Chabat. -
Region’s aluminium smelters buck the trend
23 April 2009, 17:52 GMT
Low-cost energy supplies and raw materials are enabling aluminium producers in the Middle East to invest in new facilities while their global competitors cut production. -
Al-Nasser Holdings
16 April 2009, 14:36 GMT
The diversified Abu Dhabi-based group is strengthening its industrial manufacturing arm. -
Al-Nasser Holdings: MEED Assessment
16 April 2009, 14:36 GMT
The company has shown a keen eye for spotting opportunities and taking advantage of them -
Riyadh planning for a growing population
2 April 2009, 15:32 GMT
The Arriyadh Development Authority has completed a masterplan for two new cities on the outskirts of the capital to cope with the expected rise in the kingdom’s population over the next 50 years. -
Abu Dhabi a model of sustainability
2 April 2009, 15:15 GMT
With a focus on sensible design and planning, the development of the UAE capital city is an example for other governments in the region. -
Lebanese tourism sector bounces back
2 April 2009, 14:18 GMT
The number of visitors to Beirut is increasing following the signing of the Doha Agreement in May 2008. -
Region fails to reach gas potential
20 March 2009, 10:20 GMT
Gas-rich states are struggling to raise production to meet domestic demand and supply export markets. -
Collapse of petrochemicals deal dents Kuwait’s ambitions
19 March 2009, 13:28 GMT
The global financial crisis and cancellation of the K-Dow project because of political infighting has taken a heavy toll on Kuwait’s aspirations to become a major international petrochemicals producer. -
Riyadh targets domestic tourism
13 March 2009, 18:52 GMT
While religious visitors remain the backbone of the Saudi tourism industry, the government is investing in an ambitious infrastructure building programme to encourage nationals to holiday in the kingdom. -
Downturn requires employment rethink in Dubai
12 March 2009, 15:49 GMT
Overseas professionals who made the Dubai vision a reality are now leaving the emirate in the wake of the global slowdown, with potentially severe consequences for the economy. -
Q&A: Nicholas Barakat, Managing Director, Octal Petrochemicals
12 March 2009, 15:45 GMT
Barakat thinks the company has the technology and processes to dominate the packaging sector -
Octal Petrochemicals
12 March 2009, 15:41 GMT
The Oman-based packaging materials company is seeking to dominate the global market. -
Octal Petrochemicals: MEED Assessment
12 March 2009, 15:38 GMT
The company’s new capacity has started during challenging times, but it expects demand for petrochemical products to grow -
Cairo reviews free zone tax
5 March 2009, 18:25 GMT
The levy on energy companies in Egypt’s free zones, combined with the global banking crisis, is stalling progress on the state’s ambitious refinery projects. -
MEED 100 - Sector Analysis: Petrochemicals
1 March 2009, 12:21 GMT
Despite falling global demand and plummeting profits, regional firms are seeking to boost production. -
MEED 100 - Sector Analysis: Industry
1 March 2009, 11:44 GMT
Three industrial firms make the MEED 100 in a sector dominated by family-run private companies. -
MEED 100 - Sector Analysis: Food
1 March 2009, 11:41 GMT
Almarai and Savola benefit from falling grain prices and growth in sales of dairy and juice products. -
Ezz Steel
22 February 2009, 8:29 GMT
Having dominated the Egyptian market, the firm plans to spread its influence across North Africa. -
Ezz Steel: MEED Assessment
22 February 2009, 8:16 GMT
The company has modern facilities and can produce a diverse range of products -
Gulf plastics
15 February 2009, 9:23 GMT
The six key figures leading the development of the region’s plastics industry - Abdulaziz Abdulla al-Hajri, Malcolm Wall Morris, Ahmad al-Ohali, Maha Hussain, Gholamhossein Nejabat and Charlie Crew. -
Gulf turns to floating gas import terminals
15 February 2009, 9:04 GMT
GCC states are considering the benefits of floating liquefaction facilities as the demand for natural gas soars. -
Qatalum tests aluminium market’s mettle
8 February 2009, 11:40 GMT
Doha’s diversification strategy is driving the development of one the world’s largest aluminium smelters, but the global downturn is raising concern over its timing. -
Riyadh prepares to enter deficit
1 February 2009, 10:37 GMT
The Saudi government is planning a massive programme of investment in education and healthcare infrastructure despite falling oil prices creating a shortfall in revenues. -
Saudi clusters: Building an industrial base
25 January 2009, 10:12 GMT
The high cost of labour in the kingdom and a lack of local demand for products present significant obstacles to Riyadh’s plans to develop a series of manufacturing centres. -
Yemen: Creating a safe environment for tourism
18 January 2009, 11:04 GMT
With depleting hydrocarbons resources, Sanaa is seeking to create jobs in the tourism industry and increase the contribution it makes to the economy, but the security situation needs to improve first. -
Saudi Arabia broadens its tourist appeal
18 January 2009, 10:33 GMT
Once largely reliant on religious tourism, Riyadh is encouraging greater domestic travel and investing billions of dollars to attract more visitors from within the region. -
Sector outlook 2009: Petrochemicals
2 January 2009, 14:05 GMT
With falling demand, the outlook for the Middle East petrochemicals sector is increasingly gloomy. -
Sector outlook 2009: Industry
2 January 2009, 13:53 GMT
GCC governments are being forced to re-evaluate and prioritise their spending as oil prices fall. -
Demand uncertainty hits petrochemicals producers
16 December 2008, 0:00 GMT
The value of contracts awarded has halved in 2008, but Middle East fi rms remain global leaders. -
Saudi Arabia Hajj
11 December 2008, 18:57 GMT
Six key figures facilitating the world’s largest organised pilgrimage: Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Prince Khalid al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Fouad bin Abdulsalau al-Farsy, Prince Miteb bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Bakr bin Laden and Abdullah al-Mughbil. -
Gulf petrochemicals producers put expansions on hold
11 December 2008, 17:20 GMT
As the global financial crisis makes project financing increasingly difficult to secure, Gulf petrochemicals producers’ plans to bring additional capacity on line will have to be delayed. -
Cooling market in the Gulf signals consolidation
11 December 2008, 13:45 GMT
The petrochemicals sector is set for a period of mergers and acquisitions as ambitious Middle East producers with access to cheap feedstock aim to take their competitors out of the market. -
Analysis: Iran and the Middle East Steel Industry
11 December 2008, 13:11 GMT
The Middle East ranks relatively low globally in terms of industrialisation levels, as is indicated by per capita steel production relative to gross domestic product (GDP). The region comes behind Russia and Brazil and just ahead of India and Indonesia. -
Mobarakeh Steel Company: MEED Assessment
11 December 2008, 12:57 GMT
Iran’s largest steel maker is attempting to become more self-sufficient by generating its own power. -
Mobarakeh Steel Company
11 December 2008, 12:52 GMT
Iran’s largest steel maker is attempting to become more self-sufficient by generating its own power. -
Diversification boosts manufacturing in UAE
28 November 2008, 15:22 GMT
The UAE has invested more than $1bn in its manufacturing industries this year, with the sector now the second-biggest contributor to gross domestic product after oil and gas. -
Regional offshore opportunities increase
21 November 2008, 18:42 GMT
Oil rig construction may not capture headlines in the same way as the iconic Palm islands, but the regional drive to meet global energy demand offers specialist contractors a wealth of work. -
Region gains an appetite for Africa
14 November 2008, 19:36 GMT
As the Gulf’s agricultural production rates slow and food prices around the world continue to rise, GCC members are investing heavily in the fertile lands of Africa and Asia. -
Abu Dhabi Polymers (Borouge)
7 November 2008, 11:25 GMT
The UAE petrochemicals giant outlines its ambitious plans to diversify into international markets. -
Abu Dhabi Polymers (Borouge): MEED Assessment
7 November 2008, 11:18 GMT
The Borouge joint venture has been a success since it was established, and cements the company’s plans to focus on Asia -
Gas shortage undermines power plans in Gulf
30 October 2008, 21:00 GMT
With booming populations, GCC states urgently need to boost power and water capacity, but a shortage of gas available to use as feedstock after 2009 means a series of major projects will have to be delayed. -
Low tariffs threaten domestic gas supply
30 October 2008, 20:31 GMT
Despite growing demand for gas in the region, investment to increase production will not materialise unless GCC governments raise prices for domestic customers. -
The evolution of charitable giving in Saudi Arabia
17 October 2008, 10:56 GMT
A new generation of wealthy Saudis are changing philanthropy in the kingdom by eschewing simple donations in favour of spending more strategically to achieve their goals. -
Gulf petrochemicals producers weather price slump
16 October 2008, 17:15 GMT
As polyethylene prices continue to fall, fears mount that capacity will soon start to outstrip demand. -
Qatar petrochemicals
16 October 2008, 16:30 GMT
The six key players leading the development of Qatar’s petrochemicals industry are: Prince Abdullah bin Hamad bin Khalifah al-Attiyah, Yousef al-Mulla, Mohammad al-Sherawi, Hamad Rashid al-Mohannadi, Khalifa Abdullah al-Suwaidi and Abdullah Hussain Salatt. -
Lebanese banks pursue foreign expansion
9 October 2008, 14:44 GMT
With improved credit ratings following the easing of political tensions, but limited opportunities to grow in a crowded domestic market, Lebanon’s financial institutions are increasingly investing overseas. -
Riyadh's wheat strategy carries risks
3 October 2008, 16:42 GMT
From 2009, Riyadh will begin importing wheat, ending almost three decades of self-sufficiency. -
Riyadh outsources wheat industry
3 October 2008, 16:24 GMT
Saudi Arabia is phasing out its domestic wheat growers and seeking to shift production overseas. -
Politics in Lebanon deters private investors
2 October 2008, 18:05 GMT
With power shortages a common occurrence, Lebanon urgently needs additional capacity. But investment will not come until the government sets out clear plans for the sector. -
Blom Bank
26 September 2008, 10:28 GMT
The Lebanese institution’s twin strategy of acquisitions and service diversification is aiding expansion. -
Blom Bank: MEED Assessment
26 September 2008, 10:28 GMT
Lebanese bank seeks opportunities in the region as improving political climate boosts investor confidence -
Q&A: Saad Azhari, Chairman and General Manager, Blom Bank
26 September 2008, 10:26 GMT
The Lebanese bank plays to it’s strengths; universal banking in the Middle East but niche markets in Europe -
Saudi Arabia Sabic
18 September 2008, 20:00 GMT
The six top executives driving growth at petrochemicals giant Saudi Basic Industries Corporation: Prince Saud bin Thenayan al-Saud, Mohamed al-Mady, Yousef al-Zamel, Charlie Crew, Homood al-Tuwaijri and Fahad al-Sheaibi. -
Steel prices take a tumble in the GCC
14 September 2008, 6:38 GMT
Mass stockpiling has led to a fall from the summer peak in rebar prices as demand drops off. -
Dar al-Handasah (Shair & Partners)
4 September 2008, 12:18 GMT
The Lebanese firm is pursuing international expansion while maintaining its core business in the Gulf -
Dar al-Handasah (Shair & Partners): MEED Assessment
4 September 2008, 12:18 GMT
Lebanese Construction company is one of a select group to break away from home markets and become truly international -
Q&A: Riad Mneimneh, Executive Director, Dar al-Handasah (Shair & Partners)
4 September 2008, 12:18 GMT
Private sector projects are expected to increase but competition will be stiff to win contracts -
Construction: Rebuilding Lebanon's economy
29 August 2008, 13:56 GMT
While Lebanon’s real estate market is booming, large-scale infrastructure projects are being hampered by bureaucracy and a lack of funding. -
Easing Lebanon's debt burden
29 August 2008, 13:49 GMT
Beirut is planning to sell off a series of state assets in an effort to generate new revenue streams and get its budget deficit under control. -
Political consensus in Lebanon breeds hope for economic reform
29 August 2008, 13:41 GMT
A policy statement from the unity government offers cause for optimism that progress can at last be made on much-needed economic reform and reducing public debt. -
Governance: Beirut edges towards stability
29 August 2008, 13:11 GMT
The first meeting of Lebanon’s government of national unity after 18 months of deadlock offers evidence that the country’s rival political factions are finally willing to work together. -
Ziad Hayek on reforming Lebanon's energy sector
22 August 2008, 12:56 GMT
Reforming the energy sector is a priority for the secretary-general of Lebanon’s Higher Council for Privatisation, but progress depends on political stability.



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